Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Umesh Kumar Patel, Anurag, Basant Sahu and Rahul Kumar

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out during rabi season during years 2019-20 and 2020-21 at the Research cum Instructional Farm of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with four nitrogen levels (N₀, N₄₅, N₉₀ and N₁₃₅ kg N ha^-1) and four Sulphur levels (S₀, S_15, S₃₀ and S₄₅ kg S ha^-1) comprising sixteen treatment combinations with three replications. The soil of the experimental site found neutral to alkaline in reaction (pH 7.13), non-saline (0.21 dS m^-1) in nature, medium in organic carbon (5.13 g kg^-1), low in available nitrogen (224 kg N ha^-1), medium in phosphorus (13.26 kg P2O5 ha^-1), high in available potassium (345.19 kg K2O ha^-1), medium available Sulphur (21.35 kg S ha^-1) and clayey in texture. Applied nitrogen and Sulphur levels highest plant height (83.85 & 79.91 cm), number of branches plant^-1 (27.70 & 21.88), number of capitula plant^-1 (18.62 & 17.71), number of seed capitula^-1 (21.20 & 20.71), Test weight (51.23 & 51.16 g), seed yield (17.89 & 16.73qha^-1) stover yield (52.21 & 47.66 q ha^-1), were recorded with 135 kg N ha^-1 & 45 kg S ha^-1 and lowest was found under control.