Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The soil of experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), low in organic carbon (0.36%), available N (171.48 kg/ha), available P (15.2 kg/ha) and available K (232.5 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Nine treatments each replicated thrice on the basis of one year experimentation. The treatments which are T1:Poultry manure 2t/ha + Zn 25 kg/ha, T2:Poultry manure 2t/ha + Zn 0.5%, T3:Poultry manure 2t/ha + Zn 1%, T4:FYM 12t/ha + Zn 25 kg/ha, T5:FYM 12t/ha + Zn 0.5%, T6:FYM 12t/ha + Zn 1%, T7: Vermicompost 3t/ha + Zn 25 kg/ha, T8:Vermicompost 3t/ha + Zn 0.5%, T9: Vermicompost 3t/ha + Zn 1% are used. The results showed that application of Poultry manure 2t/ha + Zn 1% was recorded significantly higher plant height (89.21 cm), Number of tillers/plant (13.70), Plant dry weight (15.64 g/plant), Number of tillers/hill (5.47), Test weight (3.20 g),Grain yield (3.04 t/ha),Straw yield (5.65 t/ha), gross returns (Rs.114000.00/ha), net return (Rs.76958.2/ha) and benefit cost ratio (2.07)as compared to other treatments.