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Effect of five decades of application of inorganic fertilizers, farm yard manure and lime on maize and wheat productivity in an acid Alfisol


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The effect of continuous application of fertilizers and amendments on maize and wheat yield in an acid Alfisol>/i> during 2019-20 was evaluated in a field experiment at the research farm of the Department of Soil Science, CSKHPKV Palampur (HP). The field experiment was conducted on a pre-established long-term fertilizer experiment (1972-73) which comprised of ten treatments up to 1980-81. The eleventh treatment, consisting of 100 per cent NPK (-S) was introduced in kharif, 1981. Thereafter, another treatment, consisting of Beejamrita, Jeevamrita and Ghanajeevamrita (Natural Farming) was introduced in kharif, 2019. The soil of the experimental area was silty clay loam and classified taxonomically as “Typic Hapludalf”. Continuous application of fertilizers and amendments for forty-seven years significantly influenced the yield of maize and wheat. The highest productivity of maize as well as wheat was recorded in the treatment comprising 100 per cent NPK + FYM and was statistically comparable with 100 per cent NPK + lime. Continuous application of N alone over the decades resulted in no yield. However, potassium and sulphur omission from the fertilization schedule for more than four decades resulted in drastic reduction in the yield. The grain and stover/straw yield recorded in natural farming plots was significantly lower as compared to other treatments except control

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maize, wheat, yield, fertilizers, manures, Alfisol
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Deepika Suri
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
R.P. Sharma
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
N.K. Sankhyan
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India
Sandeep Manuja
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, India

Abstract


The effect of continuous application of fertilizers and amendments on maize and wheat yield in an acid Alfisol>/i> during 2019-20 was evaluated in a field experiment at the research farm of the Department of Soil Science, CSKHPKV Palampur (HP). The field experiment was conducted on a pre-established long-term fertilizer experiment (1972-73) which comprised of ten treatments up to 1980-81. The eleventh treatment, consisting of 100 per cent NPK (-S) was introduced in kharif, 1981. Thereafter, another treatment, consisting of Beejamrita, Jeevamrita and Ghanajeevamrita (Natural Farming) was introduced in kharif, 2019. The soil of the experimental area was silty clay loam and classified taxonomically as “Typic Hapludalf”. Continuous application of fertilizers and amendments for forty-seven years significantly influenced the yield of maize and wheat. The highest productivity of maize as well as wheat was recorded in the treatment comprising 100 per cent NPK + FYM and was statistically comparable with 100 per cent NPK + lime. Continuous application of N alone over the decades resulted in no yield. However, potassium and sulphur omission from the fertilization schedule for more than four decades resulted in drastic reduction in the yield. The grain and stover/straw yield recorded in natural farming plots was significantly lower as compared to other treatments except control

Keywords


maize, wheat, yield, fertilizers, manures, Alfisol

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