Vol. 13, Issue 6 (2024)

Author(s):
Anmol Kaundal, Rubina GILL, Rameshwar Pandey and Javed Ahmad Khan

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of 2023, at Lovely Professional University Punjab, to study the response of maize (Zea mays L.) variety Pioneer P3378 to the integrated use of conventional fertilizers, nano fertilizers, and biopesticides. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with eight treatments and three replications including control. Different levels of conventional fertilizers were applied with or without the combination of nano fertilizers and biopesticides. The combination of T₈ (50% RDF + Nano DAP + Nano Zn + Bioneema) produced the best-studied growth parameters. When the observations were recorded at 30 DAS treatment T₁ (100% RDF) which is the control plot recorded the highest values for all growth parameters except for the number of leaves but at 60 DAS and 90 DAS results revealed that T₈ (50% RDF + Nano DAP + Nano Zn + Bioneema) gave us the highest value for the studied growth parameters.