Water Requirement, Water Use Efficiency, Consumptive Use, Yield and Quality Parameters of Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Varieties as Influenced by Fertility Levels, Irrigation Scheduling Sharma J.C., Tomar S.S., Shivran R.K., Prakash Chandra Agricultural Research Station Ummedganj, Kota Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur Online published on 16 February, 2013. Abstract A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station Ummedganj, Kota. To find out the effect of fertility levels and irrigation schedules on Linseed varieties on vertisols of south-eastern Rajasthan during the year 2000–01 and 2001–02. on the basis of two years experimentation data show Result revealed that variety Meera consistently recorded significantly higher seed, Seed (15.39 qha −1), Straw (20.33 qha −1),Biological yield (35.72 qha −1), net monetary return (14620/ha) and B: C ratio (1.61) compared to as compared to variety Rashmi in linseed. Though the highest seed, Seed, Straw and Biological yield was recorded with IW/CPE ratio of 0.7 but it was found statistically art par with IW/CPE ratio of 0.5. Linseed variey Meera show significantly higher water use efficiency (7.81kg ha −1 mm) as compare to Rashmi (7.11 kgha −1 mm). The crop under influence of fertility level 80 kg N + 30 kg P2O5ha −1recorded higher water use efficiency (8.81 kgha −1 mm). The mean increase in water use efficiency at 80 kg N + 30 kg P2O5ha −1 was 20.62 and 87.84 per cent higher over 40 kg N + 30 kg P2O5ha −1 and control respectively. Top Keywords Linseed, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, uptake. Top |