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Effect of foliar application of zinc on growth and seed yield of late-sown lentil (Lens culinaris)

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Title Effect of foliar application of zinc on growth and seed yield of late-sown lentil (Lens culinaris)
 
Creator SINGH, ANIL KUMAR
BHATT, B P
 
Subject Cropping system, Growth and development, Indo-Gangetic plains, Lentil, NPK content and uptake, Zinc
 
Description Field experiment was conducted to develop zinc management strategy for late sown lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) crop alone or in cropping system mode during 2008-09 and 2009-10. Four levels of Zn, viz. Zn1control (0.0%), Zn2(0.02%), Zn3(0.04%), Zn4(0.08%) were applied foliar twice, first at preflowering and second at post podding stage.Highest (42.2 cm) and lowest (32.8 cm) plant height at harvest was recorded with application of 0.08% Zn and in control treatment. Longest (12.1cm) and shortest (7.9cm) root was recorded in the plots treated with 0.08% Zn and control respectively. Zn treatment (0.04%) produced maximum lentil seed (1 238.6 kg/ha), whereas lowest (1 063.1 kg/ha) was recorded under control. Highest nitrogen concentration (1.98 per cent)and N uptake (55.7 kg/ha) was recorded in plots fertilized with Zn applied @0.08%. Gradual buildup of organic carbon, N, P and K and zinc content in the soil were also noticed. It is recommended that under late sown condition foliar feeding with 0.04 % Zn twice during preflowering and post podding stage will increase lentil seed yield by 16.2%.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-05-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/30355
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 83, No 6 (2013)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/30355/13656
 
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