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Effect of Different Levels of Inorganic Fertilizer and Sulphur on Physico-chemical Properties of Soil, and Yield of Mustard (Brassica juncea L.)


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1 Department of Soil Science, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
2 Department of Soil Science, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
     

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A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2012-13 to study the effect of different levels of inorganic fertilizer and sulphur on physico-chemical properties of soil and yield of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). The area is situated on the right bank adjacent to Yamuna river in south of Allahabad city, which is located at 25° 27' N Latitude and 81° 51' E Longitude and 98 meter above the mean sea level having the mean temperature during the growing period was 4.7 to 37.2 °C. The soil texture class sandy loam, experimental area falls in order of inceptisol. The design applied for statistical analysis 32 Factorial Randomized Block Design having three factors with three levels of NPK 0, 50, and100 per cent ha-1, three levels of sulphur 0, 50, and 100 per cent ha-1, respectively were replicated thrice. The best treatment was T8 -L2 S2 [@100 % NPK ha-1 + @100 % sulphur ha-1] that showed the highest yield regarding all parameters it, gave the best results with respect to plant height 105.10cm, number of leaves per plant 22.16, number of branch per plant 11.96, fresh weight 64.73 g and dry weight 18.50 g, it gave highest yield, 22.04 q ha-1, test weight 3.96 g. Combined use of NPK and sulphur resulted in significant increase on enrichment of soil fertility status. NPK in combination with sulphur resulted in a slight decrease in pH 7.50, EC 0.24dSm-1. Combination of NPK observations resulted in significant increase in OC 0.73 per cent, particle density 2.50g cm-3, bulk density 1.22g cm-3, pore space 50.26 per cent and available N 310.16 kg ha-1, P 27.40 kg ha-1, K 206.52 kg ha-1, S 13.24ppm, in the soil. From the economical point of view, the same treatment T8 combination gave the maximum net profit of Rs. (48428.6 ha-1) with C: B ratio of 1:2.82).

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Mustard, Yield, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potessium, Sulphur.
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Authors

Kailash Chand Nagar
Department of Soil Science, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
Hemraj Meena
Department of Soil Science, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
Narendra Swaroop
Department of Soil Science, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India

Abstract


A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2012-13 to study the effect of different levels of inorganic fertilizer and sulphur on physico-chemical properties of soil and yield of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). The area is situated on the right bank adjacent to Yamuna river in south of Allahabad city, which is located at 25° 27' N Latitude and 81° 51' E Longitude and 98 meter above the mean sea level having the mean temperature during the growing period was 4.7 to 37.2 °C. The soil texture class sandy loam, experimental area falls in order of inceptisol. The design applied for statistical analysis 32 Factorial Randomized Block Design having three factors with three levels of NPK 0, 50, and100 per cent ha-1, three levels of sulphur 0, 50, and 100 per cent ha-1, respectively were replicated thrice. The best treatment was T8 -L2 S2 [@100 % NPK ha-1 + @100 % sulphur ha-1] that showed the highest yield regarding all parameters it, gave the best results with respect to plant height 105.10cm, number of leaves per plant 22.16, number of branch per plant 11.96, fresh weight 64.73 g and dry weight 18.50 g, it gave highest yield, 22.04 q ha-1, test weight 3.96 g. Combined use of NPK and sulphur resulted in significant increase on enrichment of soil fertility status. NPK in combination with sulphur resulted in a slight decrease in pH 7.50, EC 0.24dSm-1. Combination of NPK observations resulted in significant increase in OC 0.73 per cent, particle density 2.50g cm-3, bulk density 1.22g cm-3, pore space 50.26 per cent and available N 310.16 kg ha-1, P 27.40 kg ha-1, K 206.52 kg ha-1, S 13.24ppm, in the soil. From the economical point of view, the same treatment T8 combination gave the maximum net profit of Rs. (48428.6 ha-1) with C: B ratio of 1:2.82).

Keywords


Mustard, Yield, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potessium, Sulphur.

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