2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 7

author(s)
Yagvendra Saubhari and Dr. Bineeta M Bara

abstract
Ten treatment combination of zinc along with RDF dose applied in green gram were evaluated for study entitled “Foliar application with zinc on growth & yield parameter of Green gram [Vigna radiata (L.)]”. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Block Design with three replications during the Kharif season 2023 at Field experimentation centre, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini, Prayagraj, U.P. the plant to plant distance was 10 cm and row to row distance was 30 cm. the data were recorded from randomly selected five plants for each treatments for each replications for fifteen characters viz. days to field emergence, days to 50% flowering, days to 50% pod setting, days to maturity, plant height (cm), number of primary branches, number of secondary branches, number of pods per plant, length of pod (cm), number of seeds per pod, 1000-seed weight (g), biological yield (g), harvest index, seed yield per plant (g/plant) and seed yield per hectare (kg/ha). Treatment combination comprise of T₀ (RDF + Water spray (Control)); T₁ (RDF + Zn @ 0.5%); T₂ (RDF + Zn @ 0.9%); T₃ (RDF + Zn @ 1%); T₅ (RDF + Zn @ 0.3%); T₅ (RDF + Zn @ 0.5%); T₆ (RDF + Zn @ 0.9%); T₇ (RDF + Zn @ 1.0%) and T₈ (RDF+ Zn @ 0.3%); T₉ (RDF + Zn @ 0.5%). From the present investigation it is concluded that among 10 treatment combination of foliar spray of nutrients applied in green gram, Treatment combination T₉ (RDF+ Zn @ 0.5%) performed best in terms of yield parameters like number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed yield per plant, seed index. It was second highest in harvest index and second most early in flowering and maturing. Therefore, combination used in T₉ i.e., RDF+ Zn @ 0.5% can be promoted to use to get better yield and overcome low productivity in green gram.