Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Manoj Kumar Singh, Shrish Kumar Singh, Adyant Kumar and Suresh Kumar Kanojia

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted in factorial randomized block design with three replications during 2019-20 and 2020-21 on mustard var. Pusa Mustard-30 at the Research Farm of Tilak Dhari P.G. College, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The treatments comprises of four levels of sulphur (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) in combination with zinc at four levels (0, 5, 10 and 15 kg Zn ha-1) were applied as basal dose. The result showed that application of sulphur in combination with zinc in rapeseed significantly affected the growth, yield and quality parameters of mustard. The application of 60 kg S ha-1 + 15 kg Zn ha-1 was found to be best treatments regarding growth, yield and quality parameters of mustard, and was followed by 60 kg S ha-1 + 10 kg Zn ha-1. The maximum benefit-cost ratio of 2.38 and 2.37 was recorded under both the treatments (application of 60 kg S ha-1 and 15 kg Zn ha-1 and application of 60 kg S ha-1 and 10 kg Zn ha-1) during 1st and 2nd year, respectively. Thus, the sulphur nutrition in combination with zinc in mustard crop holds immense importance for obtaining better growth and productivity.