Journal ID : AMA-04-02-2022-11088
[This article belongs to Volume - 53, Issue - 02]
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Title : Effect of Foliar Application of Zinc Based Nanofertilizer and Varying Fertility Levels on Growth Attributes, Yield Attributes, Yield and Economics of Maize

Abstract :

A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive Kharif, seasons of 2020 and 2021 at Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur to evaluate the effect of foliar application of zinc based nanofertilizer and different fertility levels on growth attributes, yield attributes, yield and economics of maize. The experiment was laid out in a factorial randomized design with three replications comprising four foliar application of nanofertilizer (Control, at knee high stage, at 50% tasseling stage and both at knee high stage and at 50% tasseling stage) and four fertility levels (100% RDF, 90% RDF, 80% RDF and control). Significantly highest grain, stover and biological yield (51.90, 82.32 and 134.21q ha-1) were recorded with the dual foliar application of nanofertilizer at knee high stage and at 50 per cent tasseling stage over single stage foliar application. Among different levels of fertility, application of 90 per cent RDF significantly increased grain, stover and biological yield. Yield attributing characters viz., cob length (cm), girth of cob (cm), grains cob-1, cob height (cm), grain weight cob-1 (g), 1000 grain weight (g) and Shelling (%) were significantly higher with the dual foliar application of nanofertilizer at knee high stage and at 50 per cent tasseling stage and application of 90 per cent RDF in maize. Similarly, the significantly highest protein content of maize (11.13 % and 10.97 %) was found in with dual foliar application of nanofertilizer and 90 per cent RDF, respectively. The significantly highest net return and B:C ratio were found under dual foliar application of nanofertilizer 82956 and 3.04) and soil application of 90 per cent RDF (`86112 and 3.15) in maize.

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