Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Jayvardhan Boudh, Ravikesh Kumar Pal, Naveen Kumar Maurya, Pradeep Kumar Verma and Sanghamitra Buddha

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at Uttar Pradesh in rural district Mandhana 10 km from Kanpur during rabi, season of 2022-23 on silty loam soil, having pH 7.86, EC 0.14 dSm^-1, organic carbon 0.44%, available N, P and K 187.0, 14.0 and 172.0 kg ha^-1 respectively. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replication. The experiment was conducted with 12 treatment combination comprising three methods of sowing {W₁- Conventional sowing method_, W₂-Broad bed and furrow sowing method (BBF), W₃- Narrow seed bead sowing method} in main plot and four treatments of moisture conservation practices in sub-plot (M₀– Control_, M₁-Soil mulching, M₂-Paddy straw mulch-10 Tonne/ha), M₄–Deep ploughing. Based on the experimental results W₃- Narrow seed bead sowing method of sowing is superior over the remaining methods with moisture conservation practice M₂-Paddy straw mulch-10 Tonne/ha in respect growth parameters, yield attributes and yield.