Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Lakshya Choudhary, KN Singh, Kritagya Gangwar and Ravindra Sachan

Abstract:
The present field experiment was conducted at pot house of department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of C.S.A.U.A&T Kanpur (campus) under the Central Plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, during Rabi season of 2018-19. The experiment comprised of 5 treatment combinations in randomized block design with four replications consisted of T₁: [Control], T₂: [100% RDF], T₃: [75% RDF + FYM @ 6 t ha^-1], T₄: [50% RDF + FYM @ 12 t ha^-1], T₅: [25% RDF + FYM @ 18 t ha^-1]. On the basis of the results emanated from present investigation, it could be concluded that application of 25% RDF + FYM @ 18 t ha^-1 shows maximum plant height (14.35 cm and 85.79 cm at 30 DAS and 90 DAS respectively) and yield attributes i.e. no. of tiller plant^-1 (6.17), no. of ear plant^-1 (5.97), ear length (10.25 cm), weight of ear (3.80 g), no. of grain spike^-1 (55.70), grain weight plant^-1 (3.00 g) and test weight (38.95 g). An appraisal of data showed that among the different combination of FYM and inorganic fertilizers treatment T₅ [25% RDF + FYM @ 18 t ha^-1] also produced maximum grain yield (43.95 q ha^-1), straw yield (72.95 q ha^-1), biological yield (116.90 q ha^-1) and harvest index (37.59%).