Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Saloni Garg, SS Sengar, Chetan Deep Kashyap and Anurag Tomar

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the physico-chemical properties of soil in response to organic and inorganic nutrient management with aromatic rice cultivars during kharif season of 2021 at National Seed Project Farm, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.). The experiment comprised four aromatic rice varieties viz. V1: Gandhari, V2: Srimanta, V3: Bharati and V4: JR-16 and three nutrient management practices viz. N1: Control, N2: State recommended dose of NPK fertilizer (60:40:20 NPK kg/ha) and N3: 33% RDN through FYM + 16 kg PSB + 20 kg Azospirillium. Experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design, replicated four times and consisting 12 treatment combinations. The results revealed that pH, EC and OC were not affected due to varieties but the OC in soil enhanced due to organic nutrient management. Available N, P, K, Fe status of soil not affected due to varieties but were significantly affected due to organic and inorganic nutrient management. Available Mn, Cu and Zn were influenced remarkably due to varieties and but had no affect due to different nutrient management except for Zn.