Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Field experiment was conducted with maize variety Shalimar Maize Composite-4 (C-4) as a test crop during two consecutive kharif seasons of 2019 and 2020 in a silty clay loam soil at agricultural farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura using split plot design with 18 treatment combinations and 3 replications. For the experiment, three levels of recommended chemical fertilizers (50, 75 and 100 per cent of N P K Zn), three levels of farm yard manure (10, 15 and 20 t ha^-1) and two levels of biofertilizers (Control and Azotobacter + Phosphate solubilising bacteria + Potassium solubilising bacteria) were used. The results indicated that with the increase in the recommended dose of chemical fertilizer from 50 per cent to 100 per cent the quality of grain increased. With the increase in the dose of farm yard manure from 10 t ha^-1 to 20 t ha^-1 the grain quality of maize also increased. Use of biofertilizers (Azotobacter + Phosphate solubilising bacteria + Potassium solubilising bacteria) significantly increased the grain quality of maize.