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Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Growth, yield attributes and nutrient uptake of maize (Zea mays L.) as affected by balanced nutrition under western UP conditions

Author(s):
Satish Prajapati, Veerendra Kumar, Sudhakar Singh, Adesh Singh and Amit Kumar
Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2016-17 at Crop Research Centre (Chirori) of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.) to study the effect of balanced fertilization on growth, yield attributes and nutrient uptake in maize. The nine treatments viz; T1 (Control), T2 (N), T3 (NP), T4 (Recommended NPK), T5 (NPK + S), T6 (NPK + S + Zn), T7 (NPK + S + Zn + Fe), T8 (NPK + S + Zn + Fe + B) and T9 (NPK + FYM + PSB) were tested in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The maize variety K-25 (Kanchan) was grown and its performance in relation to growth and development, nutrient uptake, soil properties and nitrogen use efficiency as influenced by different treatments were assessed. Results obtained from the study revealed that plant height, number of functional leaves, chlorophyll content, dry matter accumulation, yield attributions and uptake of nutrients in maize were significantly superior with the application of NPK + S + Zn + Fe + B (T8) as compared to rest of the treatments, except T5 (NPK + Zn), T6 (NPK + S + Zn), T7 (NPK + S + Zn + Fe) and T9 (NPK + FYM + PSB). However, the maize also accumulated significantly higher nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur in grains, stover as well as total (189.48, 48.95, 178.36 and 61.24 kg/ha, respectively) as compared to T1 (control), T2 (N alone) and T3 (NP).
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How to cite this article:
Satish Prajapati, Veerendra Kumar, Sudhakar Singh, Adesh Singh, Amit Kumar. Growth, yield attributes and nutrient uptake of maize (Zea mays L.) as affected by balanced nutrition under western UP conditions. Pharma Innovation 2022;11(4):1344-1347.

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