Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Mentham Sasidhar Reddy¬ and Biswarup Mehera

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2021 at Crop Research Farm (CRF). Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (UP) on soil with sandy loam in texture to investigate the effect of organic manures and micronutrients (Zn & B) on growth and yield of Indian mustard. The treatments consists of three organic manures viz., Poultry manure, Farm Yard manure and Vermicompost and micronutrients Zinc (0.5%), Boron (1ppm), and Zinc+ Boron (0.5%+1ppm respectively) whose effect is observed on Indian mustard (var. VARUNA T-59). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Nine treatments replicated thrice. The treatment with application of Vermicompost (4t/ha) + 50% RDF+ Zinc+ Boron (0.5%ZnSO4& 1.0ppm B) recorded significantly higher plant height (179.6cm), number of Branches per plant (11.0) and plant dry weight (35.3 g), number of siliquae per plant (296.9), number of seeds per siliqua (14.2), test weight (5.32g), seed yield (2.12 t/ha) and Stover yield (3.84 t/ha) compared to other treatment combinations.