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Field experiments were conducted during kharif 2013 and 2014 at Agricultural Research Station, Mugad, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad (Karnataka), to determine the response of zinc applicationon on growth, zinc content and grain yield of rice genotypes and also studied correlation between yield and zinc content. The experiment was comprised of 20 genotypes and three treatments viz., T1: Control (no zinc); T2: Soil application of ZnSO4 (20 kg ha-1) T3– Foliar Spray of ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at 50% flowering, laid out in factorial randomized block design with two replications. The data revealed that application of ZnSO4 recorded significantly higher plant height (85.9 cm), leaf area (764.5 cm-2 plant-1), number of tillers (95.4 m-1), total dry weight (26.1 g plant-1), panicle weight(15.3 g plant-1), number of panicles (81.6 m-1) and grain yield(3966 kg ha-1) over the foliar application of Zn and control . However number of grains panicle-1 (97.8 panicle-1), test weight (23.7 g), shoot and seed zinc content (15.9 and 21.2 ppm, respectively) were increased with foliar application of Zn. Correlation studies classified the genotypes as high seed zinc content (> 21 ppm) and low seed zinc content genotypes ( less than 21 ppm). High and low seed zinc content genotypes showed negative correlation with yield and yield attributes. However, shoot zinc content was positively correlated with yield.

The field experiments were conducted at the Research Farm of AICW&BIP, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during rabi 2020-21 and 2021-22 and was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with 15 treatments replicated thrice to evaluate the performance of wheat quality to various nutrient management approaches. The pooled data onto two years indicated that application of 275:40.33:135.2 kg of N:P2O5:K2O ha-1 for yield target of 55 q ha-1 under SSNM practices significantly increased the protein content  (13.43 %), wet gluten (34.7 %), dry gluten (11.9 %), gluten index (81.6 %), sedimentation value (46.3 ml) and yellow pigment (5.93 ppm) in wheat grain and it was found on par with yield targets at 50 and 45 q ha-1 under SSNM.

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