INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT OF MAIZE-GREEN GRAM CROPPING SEQUENCE IN DIFFERENT FERTILITY LEVELS FOR YIELD, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND MAINTENANCE OF SOIL FERTILITY

K.C. OMBASE¹, S.K. GHODKE²*, R.U. NIMBALKAR³, K.D. MEVADA^4
1Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujrat, India
²Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujrat, India
³Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujrat, India
⁴Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujrat, India
* Corresponding Author : ghodkesk18@gmail.com

Received : 25-08-2023     Accepted : 28-09-2023     Published : 30-09-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 9       Pages : 12658 - 12660
Int J Agr Sci 15.9 (2023):12658-12660

Keywords : Maize, Green gram, Vermicompost, Integrated Nutrient Management, Soil fertility
Academic Editor : Murali N., G Thirupathaiah, Dr Suresh Kondumahanthi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agronomy, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The field experiment was conducted during rabi-summer seasons (2015-16) and (2016-17) in two years on application of organic and inorganic fertilizer in maize-green gram cropping sequence for nutrient uptake and maintenance of soil fertility at Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India on loamy sand soils. The three fertility levels viz; Low (F?), Medium (F?) and High (F?) had been developed with sorghum (var. C-10-2) designated as main plot in split-split plot design. Each fertility levels had been sub-divided into two vermicompost treatments viz; without vermicompost (V?) and with vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1 (V?) in sub-plots; further split into three nutrient levels viz; 0 % RDN (N?), 50 % RDN (N?) and 100 % RDN (N?) designated to sub-sub plot. The whole treatment was replicated thrice with Maize as main rabi crop while their residual effect was evaluated on succeeding summer green gram crop without any nutrient application treatments. Significantly highest grain yield of maize and green gram was recorded in application of 2.5 t ha-1 (V?) vermicompost under high fertility level (F?) with 100 % recommended dose of nitrogen (N?), it was found at par with 50 % recommended dose of nitrogen (N?) with medium fertility level (F?) in respect of grain yield of green gram with higher nutrient uptake and soil fertility maintenance

1. Dass S., Jat S.L., Karjagi C.G., Kumar B., Kaul J., Parihar C.M., Ashok Kumar, Kamboj M.C., Singh V., Yatish K.R., Jat M.L. and Singh A.K. (2012) Mai:e Jour nail, 7-12.
2. Bullock D.S. and Bullock D.G. (2000) Precision Agriculture, 2, 71-101.
3. Kumar A. and Thakur K.S. (2004) Indian J.Agric.Sci., 74(1), 40-42.
4. Channabasavanna A.S., Nagappa K. and Shivkumar (2008) Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural University, 33(1), 1-3.
5. Dayana P. and Abraham T. (2001) Agronomy Digest, 1, 47-49.
6. Gawai P.P. and Pawar V.S. (2006) Ind J. of Agronomy, 51(1), 17-20.
7. Kannan R.L., Dhivya M., Abinaya D., Lekshmi R.K. and Kumar S.K. (2013) Bulletin of Environ, Pharmacology and Life Sci, 2(8), 61-67.
8. Kher D. and Minhas R.S. (1991) Crop Res., 4(1), 165-168.
9. Ferguson R.B., Hergert G.W., Schepers J.S., Gotway C.A., Cahoon J.E. and Peterson T.A. (2002) Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66, 544-553.
10. Kalhapure A.H., Shete, B.T. and Dhonde M.B. (2013) International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Technology, 4(3), 195-206.
11. Kamalakumari K. and Singaram P. (1996) Madras Agricultural Journal, 83(1), 32-33.
12. Karki T.B., Ashok Kumar and Gautam R.C. (2005) Indian J. Agric. Sci., 75(10), 682-685.
13. Koch B., Khosla R., Frasier W.M., Westfall D.G. and Inman D. (2004) Agronomy Journal, 96, 1572-1580.
14. Kumar A. (2009) Crop Res., 37(1, 2 & 3), 19-23.
15. Kumar A., Thakur K.S. and Munuja S.(2002a) Indian Journal of Agronomy, 47(4), 526-530.
16. Krishnamoorthy, T. (1995) M.Sc. (Agri.) Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India.
17. Khadtare S.V., Patel M.V., Jadhav J.D. and Mokashi D.D. (2006) Journal of Soil and Crops, 16(2), 401-406.