Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Avtar Singh, Maneesha, Sushil and Surendra Singh Rathore

Abstract:
A field experiment conducted during summer season of the year 2019 on medium black calcareous soil at Junagadh. Total ten treatment combinations, consisting of soil and foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO₄ and + 1.0% FeSO₄ and recommended dose of fertilizer with three replications. The results indicated that quality parameters significantly higher when crop was fertilized with 100% RDF + foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO₄ + 1.0% FeSO₄ at 30 and 45 DAS (T₇) except, crude fibre content. From the above experimentation it can be concluded that application of zinc and iron significantly influenced the quality parameters in summer fodder maize. The fodder maize under fertilizer dose of 100:60:40 kg NPK ha^-1 along with foliar application of 0.2% ZnSO₄ and 1.0% of FeSO₄ at 30 and 45 DAS (T₇) found significantly higher quality providing treatment, while treatment control (T₁) remained lowest quality providing treatment among rest of the treatments.