Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Adesh, RP Singh, Srishti Singh, Ram Pratap Pal and Deepraj Verma

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at GBP Farm, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Ayodhya, (U.P.) to study the bio-fortification with zinc sulphate and iron sulphate to enhancing micronutrient concentration in fodder maize & sorghum crops during the Kharif season of 2020. In factorial RBD with three replication; Keeping the present treatment was carried out with fourteen combination treatments viz.- Fodder maize + 0 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 (T₁) and Fodder maize + 10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnS0₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₂) and Fodder maize+ 10 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% FeSO₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS(T₃) and Fodder maize +10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 +10 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₄) and Fodder maize + 20 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnS0₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₅) and Fodder maize + 20 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% FeSO₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₆) and Fodder maize + 20 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 + 20 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal +0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₇) fodder sorghum + 0 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 (T₈) and fodder sorghum +10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnS0₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₉) and fodder sorghum+ 10 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% FeSO₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₁₀) and fodder sorghum + 10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 +10 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS(T₁₁) and fodder sorghum+ 20 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% ZnS0₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₁₂) and fodder sorghum + 20 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal + 0.5% FeSO₄ foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₁₃) and fodder sorghum + 20 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 + 20 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal +0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₁₄). The Treatment 20 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 + 20 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal +0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS levels was found significant effect on growth of fodder maize and sorghum which was at par with 10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 + 10 kg FeSO₄ ha^-1 as basal +0.5% ZnSO₄ + 0.5% FeSO₄ as foliar spray at 45 DAS (T₄) treatment the growth stages of the crop.