1. JAWAD AMIN - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
Pakistan.
2. MUHAMMAD AOWN SAMMAR RAZA - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
Pakistan.
3. RASHID IQBAL - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
Pakistan.
4. MUHAMMAD USMAN ASLAM - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
Pakistan.
5. MUHAMMAD ARIF IBRAHIM - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
Pakistan.
6. MUHAMMAD ARSHAD JAVED - Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan.
7. QURBAN ALI - Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan.
Drought stress is a major constraint on wheat production worldwide. Organic amendments could be a possible option in semiarid climates to mitigate the adverse effects of drought at critical growth stages. Wheat straw biochar Three biochar treatments (BC0= 0 w/w (control), BC1= at 5% w/w, BC2= at 10% w/w) 3 drought treatments (D0-control, D1-dry at tillering, D2 -Drought was used in this experiment at the anthesis stage. Drought stress significantly reduced the growth and yield of wheat at critical growth stages, application of Biochar significantly reduced the harmful effects of drought by improving plant height (12.5%), Spike length (14.6%) ) ), grains per spike (13.89%), thousand-grain weight (9.4%) and biological yield (10.2%) compared to the control treatment Furthermore, physiological parameters such as water use efficiency (26.9% ), stomatal conductance (32,43). %), chlorophyll a (13.3%), chlorophyll b (14.24%), and transpiration rate (23.17%) were also improved by biochar application. In essence, using biochar at 10% w/w) rate could be a successful strategy to promote wheat grain production by reducing the hazardous impacts of drought stress.
Biochar; Wheat; Drought; Water use efficiency, Biochar.