Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Sumant, Girish Goyal, Vishakha Jaiswal, K Durga Manjusha and SS Tomar

Abstract:
The present experiment was conducted during the Rabi season of 2018-19 at Crop Research Center (CRC), school of Agriculture, ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to evaluated the combined effect of compost (Nadep & vermicompost), zinc sulphate with and without bio fertilizers applied along with inorganic NPK. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Results revealed that the application of inorganic NPK either with 10 t Nadep compost or 05 t Vermicompost or 25 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 recorded higher growth and yield attributes parameters of wheat. The maximum grain yield (44.16 q ha^-1) noted with NPK+ 5t Vermicompost + Azotobacter & PSB closely followed by NPK + 25 kg ZnSo₄ + Azotobacter & PSB treatment. Maximum protein content (11.54%) was found with NPK + 5t V C ha^-1 + Azotobacter & PSB which were statistically at par with all other treatments except inorganic NPK as well as control. The maximum benefit cost ratio of 3.30 was observed with NPK + 25 kg ZnSo₄ followed by NPK + 25 kg ZnSo₄+ Azotobacter & PSB treatment.