Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Anjali Dongre, Narendra Kumar, Jaydeep Singh Rajput, Swati Mandal and Damini Patel

Abstract:
During the Kharif season of 2021, an experiment was conducted at the Instructional Cum Research Farm, S.G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India. The soil in the research location was Inceptisol, which had low organic carbon, less readily available nitrogen and phosphorus and medium potassium concentration. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design (RBD) with 3 replications having 9 treatments. Treatment T₅ (100% NPK + 5 t FYM ha^-1 + Azospirillum and PSB) produced significantly greater grain Yield, straw yield, nutrient content, nutrient uptake, and post-harvest nutrient availability over other treatments. But the highest nutrient use efficiency was observed in treatment T₄ (25% RDF). However, the positive nutrient balance was recorded in control in case of nitrogen and phosphorus. While, treatment T₁ (75% NPK + 5 t FYM ha^-1 + Azospirillum and PSB) reported the highest solubilisation of potassium.