Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Kalhapure Pooja Vinayak, Tekale RT, Amolic UV and Ahire SG

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out during the summer 2018-19 at Post Graduate Institute Research Farm, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri on “Effect of zeolite application on soil properties and primary nutrient uptake of green gram (Vigna radiata) on Inceptisol” The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications comprising of twelve treatments (1 control treatment,1 GRDF treatment, 5 treatments of GRDF+Zeolite @ 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 kg/ha and 5 treatments of only Zeolite @ 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 kg/ha). It was observed that the effect of treatments of zeolite on soil pH and soil bulk density was non-significant, however EC, Organic carbon, calcium carbonate and CEC increased in all the treatments of zeolite. The uptake of NPK was also observed to be higher in the only zeolite treatment over the Absolute control and general recommended dose. It was observed that application of zeolite @ 80 kg ha^-1 along with GRDF was observed to be the best treatment to improved the soil properties and primary nutrient uptake of green gram.