Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
LR Shinde, VP Suryavanshi, HM Shaikh, NU Bhosale and BK Choudhari

Abstract:
At the Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Latur (Maharashtra), an agronomic investigation was carried out in the kharif of 2021 to examine the impact of varying spacing and nutrient management on the growth and yield of soybeans. Nine treatment combinations, each consisting of two factors with different spacing and nutrient management. Three levels of each factor were included in the Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) experiment set up. The factor-A consist of three spacings viz. S₁-45 cm × 5 cm, S₂-60 cm × 10 cm, S₃-60 cm × 15 cm and factor-B consist of three nutrient management practices viz. N₁-RDF (30:60:30:20 NPKS kg ha^-1), N₂-RDF+ multimicronutrient grade-II @ 0.5% at 20 DAS and N₃-RDF+multimicronutrient grade-II @ 0.5% at 20 DAS+00:52:34 @ 1% at 60 DAS. The result of the experiment revealed that spacing 45 cm × 5 cm recorded significantly highest seed yield over spacing 60 cm × 10 cm and 60 cm × 15 cm. The nutrient of RDF + multimicronutrient grade-II @ 0.5% at 20 DAS+ 00:52:34 @ 1% at 60 days after sowing recorded highest growth features and seed yield.