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Effect of different sources of nutrients on growth and productivity of maize-wheat cropping system under rainfed conditions


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1 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
 

A field experiment was conducted for four consecutive seasons from kharif 2019 to rabi 2020-21 at CSK, Himachal Pradesh, Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh (India) to evaluate the effect of different sources of nutrients on growth and productivity of maize-wheat cropping system. The experiment -1 was laid down in Randomized Block Design with three replications having seven treatments viz., T1 - 10t ha -1 FYM + 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - 10t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks 2 -1 -1 interval, T3 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T4 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 5% 5 Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 10% Jeevamrit as 6 basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - recommended NPK through inorganic sources. Application of 50% RDN + 10 7 -1 -1 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit remaining at parwith application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 5% Jeevamrit and application of recommended NPK resulted in higher leaf area index and crop growth rate of maize and wheat. -1 Application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit proved best to obtain higher relative growth rate of maize, whereas relative growth rate of wheat at 60-90 DAS, 90-120 DAS and 120-150 DAS was significantly higher with Beejamrit + 5% Jeevamrit application. Significantly higher grain yield of maize and wheat, total - yield of system and system productivity of maize-wheat cropping system was obtained with 50% RDN + 10 t ha 1 FYM + 10% Jeevamrit.

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Leaf area index, Jeevamrit, yield, maize, wheat.
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Sukhchain Singh
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
Naveen Kumar
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
Sandeep Manuja
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
Pardeep Kumar
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
Usha Rana
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India
Pawan Kumar Sharma
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur–176 062,, India

Abstract


A field experiment was conducted for four consecutive seasons from kharif 2019 to rabi 2020-21 at CSK, Himachal Pradesh, Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh (India) to evaluate the effect of different sources of nutrients on growth and productivity of maize-wheat cropping system. The experiment -1 was laid down in Randomized Block Design with three replications having seven treatments viz., T1 - 10t ha -1 FYM + 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - 10t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks 2 -1 -1 interval, T3 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 5% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T4 - 50% RDN+ 10 t ha FYM+ 10% Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 5% 5 Jeevamrit as basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - seed treatment with Beejamrit followed by 10% Jeevamrit as 6 basal and at 4 weeks interval, T - recommended NPK through inorganic sources. Application of 50% RDN + 10 7 -1 -1 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit remaining at parwith application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 5% Jeevamrit and application of recommended NPK resulted in higher leaf area index and crop growth rate of maize and wheat. -1 Application of 50% RDN + 10 t ha FYM + 10% Jeevamrit proved best to obtain higher relative growth rate of maize, whereas relative growth rate of wheat at 60-90 DAS, 90-120 DAS and 120-150 DAS was significantly higher with Beejamrit + 5% Jeevamrit application. Significantly higher grain yield of maize and wheat, total - yield of system and system productivity of maize-wheat cropping system was obtained with 50% RDN + 10 t ha 1 FYM + 10% Jeevamrit.

Keywords


Leaf area index, Jeevamrit, yield, maize, wheat.

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