Abstract:An experiment was conducted during
Rabi season of 2022-23 at Agronomy Research Farm of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Allied Industries, Rama University, Kanpur, UP. The experiments was consist of 10 treatments with three replication in RBD design, which are: control (T
1) 100% RDF (T
2), 100% RDF + FYM (10 t/ha) (T
3), 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB (T
4), 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + Rhizobium (T
5), 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB + Rhizobium (T
6), 75% RDF + FYM (10 t/ha) (T
7), 75% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB (T
8), 75% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + Rhizobium (T
9) and 75% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB + Rhizobium (T
10). The growth metrics, yield parameters, quality parameters, and soil properties are all subjected to observation and recording.
All growth parameters, with the exception of days to 50% flowering, yield and yield characters, except harvest index, and quality metrics were recorded at their highest levels after the application of 100% RDF mixed with 5 tonnes of FYM, Rhizobium, and PSB per hectare. The treatment with 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB (T4) produced the highest harvest index. Additionally, the 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB + Rhizobium (T6) treatment had the highest gross returns, the highest net returns, and the highest B:C ratio. The application of 100% RDF + FYM (5 t/ha) + PSB + Rhizobium (T6) was found to be the most profitable treatment when compared to the other treatments.