Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
NA Desai, MG Chaudhary, KR Solanki and MG Chaudhary

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2020 at Agronomy Instructional Farm, Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, to study the "Effect of nutrient management on quality, uptake and economics of horsegram in loamy sand soil. The experiment comprised of twelve treatments viz., T_1: 75% RDF, T_2: 100% RDF, T_3: 125% RDF, T_4: 75% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching, T_5: 75% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at pre-flowering, T_6: 75% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching and pre-flowering, T_7: 100% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching, T_8: 100% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at pre-flowering, T_9: 100% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching and pre-flowering, T_10: 125% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching, T_11: 125% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at pre-flowering and T_12: 125% RDF + 500 ppm thiourea at branching and pre-flowering were evaluated in randomized block design replicating three times. Significant improvement in nitrogen (52.85 kg/ha) and phosphorus uptake (10.89 kg/ha) as well as protein content (21.87) were observed under treatment T₁₂, but it was at par with treatment T₆, T₉, T₁₀ and T₁₁. Available potassium in soil was not influenced significantly due to different treatments. On an average maximum net realization (`11,853/ha) and benefit: cost ratio (BCR) (1.52) were obtained with treatment T₁₁ followed by treatment T₉ and T₆.