Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Chandu Lakshmi Deepika, Rajesh Singh and Ekta Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2021, at crop research farm of Department of Agronomy at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj in North Eastern plains of Eastern Uttar Pradesh with the objective to study the effect of nitrogen and sulphur on growth and yield Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Var. DRSH - 1 under Randomized block design comprising of 10 treatments of which treatment T₁ is control and (T₂-T₁₀) with different combination of nitrogen along with sulphur which are replicated thrice. The experimental results revealed that application of 120 kg N/ha + 45 kg S/ha recorded Maximum plant height (150.36 cm), plant dry weight (60.53 g), test weight (40.57 g), Capitulum diameter (15.63 cm), seed yield (1446.20 kg/ha) and stover yield (2794.39 kg/ha).