Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Shubham Kumar, Dr. Joy Dawson, Lalit Kumar Sanodiya, Rajan Kumar, Ravi Kumar Dwivedi and Mayur Meshram

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Zaid 2021 at Central Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, (U.P.). The soil of experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 6.7), low in organic carbon (0.35%), available N (230 kg ha^-1), available P (20 kg ha^-1) and available K (189 kg ha^-1). The treatment consisted of sowing on three different levels of N (60 and 80 kg/ha) and K (30 and 40kg/ha) with soil (25kg/ha) and foliar application (0.2%) of ZnSo₄. There were 9 treatments each replicated thrice. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design. The result showed that growth parameters viz., plant height (122.6 cm), number of leaves plant^-1 (17.99), Number of tillers/ plant(5.76) and yield attributes viz., Green fodder yield (45.33 t/ha) were recorded maximum in treatment T4 (80 kg N/ha + 40 kg K₂O/ha + 25 kg ZnSo₄/ha).Maximum net return of 63915INR/ha and B.C. ratio 2.38 was recorded in treatment T4 (80 kg N/ha + 40 kg K₂O/ha + 25 kg ZnSo₄/ha).