Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Neeraj Kumar, Rajesh Singh and Thakur Indu

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted during Zaid 2021 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj, (U.P). The soil of the experiment plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.21), low in organic carbon (0.536%), available N (163.42 kg/ha), available P (21.96 kg/ha), available K (256.48 kg/ha). The treatments consists of three levels of phosphorus (50 kg/ha, 60 kg/ha and 70 kg/ha) and zinc (15 kg/ha, 20 kg/ha and 25 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design which consist of 9 treatments which are replicated thrice.The results revealed that maximum plant height was recorded significantly higher viz., plant height (90.18 cm), number of branches/plant (5.04), dry weight (17.19 g), Crop Growth Rate (6.53 g/m²/day),Green fodder yield (351.72 q/ha) and Dry matter yield (74.14 q/ha) were recorded with application of 70 kg/ha P₂O₅ + 25 kg/ha ZnSO₄.