Beena Saeed
Department of Agronomy, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Amir Zaman Khan
Department of Agronomy, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Hasina Gul
Department of Agronomy, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Nitrogen and sulfur supplies have a strong influence on the physio-chemical characteristics of crop as well as on the quality and quantity of wheat storage proteins, which play an important role in bread-making process. In order to evaluate the contribution of soil and foliar fertilization of nitrogen and sulfur on quality assessment of wheat, a field trail was carried out having RCB design with four replications and eight different treatments of N and S combinations allotted to plots at different growth stages. Results indicated that highest gluten content (28.35%) was recorded when the wheat crop was fertilized with treatment number-6. Likewise minimum ash contents (1.83%) and minimum electrical conductivity was observed with fertilization of treatment number-8, while control practice result low gluten contents, low standard germination %age and minimum accelerated aging germination test value. In all the recorded observations concerning the experiment wheat cultivar Pirsabaq-2005 showed appreciable response as compared with other variety. So it is possible to obtain maximum quality assessment traits of wheat grain and flour through soil and foliar application of N and S.
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Beena Saeed, Amir Zaman Khan and Hasina Gul, 2011. Physio-chemical Qualities of Wheat Varieties as Influenced by Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilization. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 10: 1076-1082.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.1076.1082
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2011.1076.1082
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.1076.1082
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2011.1076.1082
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