Abstract
The studies undertaken aimed at determining the productivity of wheat cu] tivar LU-265 grown on green mane red and fertilized fields. A crua.drupli-cated experiment with randomized complete block design on a sandy loam soil having N 0.03%, p 5.7 ppm and K 210 ppm, was conducted at Ochkera Research Farm, University of Agriculture, Faisal-abad during 1986-87. The experimental treatments comprised control, burrying of guara root mass only, of guara shoot mass only, burrying of guara root and shoot _pass and a standard dose of (125- 100 kg NP ha Thereafter, wheat was planted. The results achieved revealed that both fertilizer use and green manuring practices remained superior in performance over the control and significantly influenced the plant growth and yield parameters. However, fertilizer produced significantly better results than the green manuring practices. This led to the conclusion that green manuring alone cannot be a substitute for artificial fertilizer.
INTRODUCTION
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is amongst the most important food grain crops. But its per hectare yield is far below the inherent .potential of the existing promising cultivars. Among the various yield determining factors, soil fertility status is of prime impor-tance. AS a result of continuous cropping and high cropping intensity,. our soils have gone deficient in many plant food elements.
