Vol. 12, Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Akhilesh Kumar Lakra, RS Sidar, Rohit Kumar Mishra and Anjali Patel

Abstract:
Long term trial was conducted for five years from 2018 to 2022 during the rainy season at Raj Mohini Devi College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh to examine the effect of INM methods on overall performance of maize. 11 treatments viz., T₁- Unmanured, T₂- 100% RDF, T₃- 75% RDF, T₄- 50% RDF, T₅- FYM 10 t ha^-1 + Azotobacter, T₆- Maize + legume intercropping with FYM 10 t ha^-1 + Azotobacter, T₇- 100% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 FYM, T₈- 75% RDF+ 5 t ha^-1 FYM, T₉- 50% RDF+ 5 t ha^-1 FYM, T₁₀- 100% RDF+ 5 kg Zn ha^-1 and T₁₁- FYM 5 t ha^-1 were laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The results revealed that significantly higher plant height, number of cobs ha^-1, cob length, cob girth, number of grain rows cob^-1, number of grains row^-1, seed yield (7360 kg ha^-1), stover yield (17216 kg ha^-1), net return (₹ 77229 ha^-1) and B:C ratio (2.00) of maize were recorded under treatment T₇- 100% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 FYM.