Investigation Response of Wheat Genotypes to Different level of Nitrogen Fertilizer, Crop Production, Seed Growth Trend and Correlation Between Traits

Fertilizer management plays an important role for obtaining satisfactory yields and increase crop productivity. Nutrient management may be achieved by the involvement of organic sources, bio fertilizers, and micro-nutrients.
Current study was done to determine the effect of different level of nitrogen and wheat genotypes on agronomic traits, seed growth rate and correlation between characteristics.
Statistical pattern was split plot experiment according randomized complete block design with three replications. Main factor included four levels of nitrogen fertilizer (N1=60, N2=120, N3=180, N4=240 kg.ha-1, Urea Source) and sub plots consisted four genotypes of Bread (V1: S85-19 as line, V2: Chamran) and Durum (V3: Behrang, V4: Dena) Wheat.
Result of analysis of variance indicated effect of nitrogen fertilizer (instead number of seed per spikelet and 1000-seed weight), genotypes (instead number of seed per spikelet) and interaction effect of treatments (instead number of spikelet per spike, number of seed per spikelet, 1000-seed weight and harvest index) on all measured traits was significant. Correlation between traits showed the significant correlation between biologic yield (r=0.97**), seed weight (r=0.92**), harvest index (r=0.91**), number of seed per m2 (r= 0.77**), number of seed per spike (r= 0.75**), number of seed per spikelet (r= 0.71**), rate of current photosynthesis (r= 0.69**), rate of redistribution (r= 0.66**), number of spike per m2 (r= 0.62*), number of spikelet per spike (r= 0.59*), contribution of current photosynthesis (r= 0.59*), efficiency of current photosynthesis (r= 0.54*) and seed yield was observed.
The highest grain filling rate belonged to use 240 and 180 kg.ha-1 nitrogen fertilizer and Chamran genotype at 27 days after anthesis.