Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Jaydeep Singh Rajput, AK Thakur, NK Nag, T Chandrakar and DP Singh

Abstract:
Experiment was conducted during Kharif season 2021 in the Entisols of New Upland Research cum Instructional Farm, Lamker under S. G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replication and consisted of twelve treatments. The experimental results revealed that among all the treatments, treatment T₁₂ (75% RDF+ Seed treatment with nano fertilizer + Foliar spray of nano fertilizer at active tillering stage and 7-10 days before flowering) recorded significantly higher plant height, number of tillers hill^-1, panicle length, panicle weight, number of grains panicle^-1, 1000 seeds weight, grain yield) and straw yield. The highest net returns were recorded in treatment T₁₂ (75% RDF+ Seed treatment with nano fertilizer + Foliar spray of nano fertilizer at active tillering stage and 7-10 days before flowering) over rest of the treatments and was followed by treatment T₁₁ (75% RDF+ Foliar spray of nano fertilizer at active tillering stage and 7-10 days before flowering). However, highest B: C ratio was recorded in treatment T₁₂ followed by treatment T₁ (100% Recommended dose of fertilizer).