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Agriculture - India

Wheat

Students of Chandra Shekhar Azad University, Kanpur UP compared wheat raised in three different farming systems, Homa Organic Farming, Conventional Agro-chemical system and Natural Agricultural system as a control.

	In Homa Organic Farming System seeds were treated with a solution of cow-dung, cow urine and Agnihotra ash before sowing and after every 7 days were sprayed with Agnihotra ash water solution.
	*In Conventional Agricultural system ordinary ash was given plus recommended doses of NPK.*
	*In Natural Agricultural system only ordinary ash was added to the soil before sowing.*

Homa Organic Farming system showed better germination, greater plant height, more tillers per plant and greater yield per plant than either of the other systems.

PROPERTIES	NATURAL	CONVENTIONAL	HOMA ORGANIC
Germination %	80%	80%	95%
Period to Maturity (days)	125	135	132
Plant height (cm)	4	5	6
No of tillers per plant	61.90	51.67	65.75
Yield per plant (gm)	5.67	6.38	7.40

Students Instructional Farm
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, UP
Prof R Mishra, Dept Genetics and Plant Breeding

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Last modified: Sunday April 11, 2004.