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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (M.P.U.A.T.), Chittogarh (Rajasthan), IN
Source
An Asian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 9, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 121-125
Abstract
A field experiment was conduct to study the effect of FYM, biofertilizers and zinc on grain, stover yield and micronutrients uptake of maize under maize-wheat cropping system two consecutive years of 2006-07 and 2007-08 at Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan) on Typic Haplustepts. The experiment consisted of 32 treatment combinations comprising of two levels of farmyard manure (0 and 10 t FYM ha-1), four levels of biofertilizers [no inoculation, Azotobacter, vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) and Azotobacter + VAM co-inoculation]. Azotobacter and VAM were used as biofertilizers for fixing atmospheric nitrogen and increasing phosphorus availability and four levels of zinc (0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 kg Zn ha-1). The application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1, inoculation, Azotobacter, vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) and Azotobacter + VAM co-inoculation] and zinc application resulted in significant increase in grain yield and stover yield of maize and significantly increased micronutrients uptake of (Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn) was higher over control.
Keywords
FYM, Biofertilizers, Zinc, Yield, Micronutrients Uptake, Maize.
