The culture of wheat, under sprinkler irrigation or dry land, has been introduced in recent years in the cerrado region of Brazil. This research was developed with the objective of evaluating the effects of tillage methods and water management strategies on phenological and productive characteristics of wheat cultivars, in the cerrado region. The research reported here was developed at the UNESP experiment station, in Selvíria state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. A randomized block design with a factorial arrangement of treatments (2x2x3), with four repetitions, constituted by two tillage methods (moldboard plow and no-tillage), two water management strategies (-0.05MPa and -0.07MPa) and three wheat cultivars ('BRS 210', 'BR 18', 'IAC 24'). The no-tillage allowed higher grain yield in relation to soil tillage with moldboard plow, to the wheat cultivars 'BRS 210' e 'BRS 18'. The water management strategy -0.05MPa was the best wheat yield.
Triticum aestivum L.; no-tillage; mold-board plow; tension of water on soil
