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Effect of tillage practices, seed priming and nutrient management on growth and yield of maize under rainfed conditions


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Afield experiment was carried out for two years from 2020-2022 on maize to evaluate the effect of seed priming, tillage practices and nutrient management on growth parameters and yield of the crop in rainfed conditions. The experiment was laid in a factorial randomized block design, consisting of three factors. Factor A (Tillage practices) consisted of Conventional tillage (CT), Conventional tillage+ mulch (CT+M) and Zero tillage+ mulch (ZT+M); Factor B (Seed priming) consisted of Hydropriming and micronutrient priming; Factor C (Nutrient management practices) consisted of the recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF) and Integrated nutrient management. An additional treatment of control was also kept as an independent module for a general comparison of results. Significant differences in growth parameters and yield were observed as affected by tillage practices and nutrient management. All growth parameters and yield were found to be significantly better under conventional tillage+mulch (CT+M) as compared to other tillage practices. Moreover, integrated nutrient management proved to be comparatively superior to recommended dose of fertilizers in terms of growth studies as well as the yield of maize.

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Seed priming, zero tillage, maize, integrated nutrient management, growth studies, mulch.
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Navneet Kaur
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
Tigangam P. Gangmei
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
Avnee .
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
Anil 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
Sanjeev Kumar Sandal
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India

Abstract


Afield experiment was carried out for two years from 2020-2022 on maize to evaluate the effect of seed priming, tillage practices and nutrient management on growth parameters and yield of the crop in rainfed conditions. The experiment was laid in a factorial randomized block design, consisting of three factors. Factor A (Tillage practices) consisted of Conventional tillage (CT), Conventional tillage+ mulch (CT+M) and Zero tillage+ mulch (ZT+M); Factor B (Seed priming) consisted of Hydropriming and micronutrient priming; Factor C (Nutrient management practices) consisted of the recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF) and Integrated nutrient management. An additional treatment of control was also kept as an independent module for a general comparison of results. Significant differences in growth parameters and yield were observed as affected by tillage practices and nutrient management. All growth parameters and yield were found to be significantly better under conventional tillage+mulch (CT+M) as compared to other tillage practices. Moreover, integrated nutrient management proved to be comparatively superior to recommended dose of fertilizers in terms of growth studies as well as the yield of maize.

Keywords


Seed priming, zero tillage, maize, integrated nutrient management, growth studies, mulch.

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