Importance of Phosphorus in Wheat

The incubation study carried out in the laboratory during 2017, available phosphorus content in soil was increased significantly with maintaining available water capacity upto 25 per cent of field capacity, levels of FYM and P carriers with increase in the incubation time up to 14 days. Among the P carriers tried, DAP was found superior to MAP with respect to phosphorus availability in loamy sand.[2] In the loamy sand (Typic Ustipsamments) of North Gujarat, maintenance of moisture regimes at 100 and 50 per cent available water capacity and an application of FYM @ 10 t/ha along with 60 kg P2O5/ha through DAP apart from recommended dose of 120 kg N/ha was found more advantageous in terms of yield, gluten content, P uptake by wheat and soil fertility status.