Effect of micronutrient fertilization and methods of application on yield and quality of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in sub-humid southern plains zone

Choudhary, S. K.; Mathur, A. K.; Singh, Prahlad

doi:10.5958/2348-7542.2015.00008.x

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“…This increase in grain and stover yields of lentil may be attributed to foliar spraying of micronutrients, which regulated their supply to the crop through mineralization with better absorption and may have prevented them from leaching and other losses. The availability of nutrients might have helped in increasing the translocation of photosynthates to sink leading to improvement in yield as reported by Choudhary et al (2015).…”

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Effect of sowing and micronutrients foliar spray on lentil (Lens culinaris) in West Bengal

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A field experiment was conducted consecutively during 2018-19 and 2019-20 cropping seasons at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur. The study was carried out in split-plot design having two sowing dates (November first week and December first week) in main plot, and foliar spray (no spray, spray of tap water, Zn @ 0.5% (ZnSO4.7H2O), Fe @ 0.5% (FeSO4.7H2O), B @ 0.2% (Borax 10.5%), Zn @ 0.5% + B @ 0.2%, Zn @ 0.5% + Fe @ 0.5%, B @ 0.2% + Fe @ 0.5% and Zn @ 0.5% + Fe @ 0.5% + B @ 0.2%) in sub-plots with three replications. Pooled results of two years experiment clearly indicated that November sown crop produced significantly (P>0.05) higher growth attributes, yield attributes and yield. November sown crop recorded 52.9%, 58.3%, 11.3% and 3.0% higher number of pods, seed yield, stover yield and test weight compared to the crop sown in December. Foliar spraying of micronutrients, viz. B @ 0.2% + Fe @ 0.5% produced significantly higher seed and stover yield of 1438 kg/ha and 3981 kg/ha respectively, which were 58.3% and 27.0% more than that obtained from the control treatment (772 and 3134 kg/ha). Delay in sowing of crop from November to December reduced the crop duration by 11.4 days (113.4 days vs 101.7 days) which affected the yield of the crop. Overall, it can be concluded that lentil sown during November along with foliar spray B @ 0.2% + Fe @ 0.5% can improve the yield in new alluvial zone of West Bengal, India.

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Effect of sowing and micronutrients foliar spray on lentil (Lens culinaris) in West Bengal

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“…Our results are consistent with the finding of Bameri et al (2012), who reported the high number of grains per spike, 1 000-grain weight and grain yield of wheat with the foliar application of zinc, iron and manganese. Similarly, foliar application of iron enhanced hundred-grain weight and other yield-related parameters of soybean and sorghum (Heidarian et al 2011, Choudhary et al 2015.…”

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Agronomic bio-fortification of iron, zinc and selenium enhance growth, quality and uptake of different sorghum accessions

Qureshi¹,

Ahmad²,

Iqbal³

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Agronomic bio-fortification is one of the main approaches for mitigation of micronutrient shortage in human populations and endorses sustainable production of food and feed. Studies related to agronomic bio-fortification of crops are mainly focused on single or rarely two micronutrients application, and no attempt has made to study the combined effect of zinc (Zn), iron (Fe) and selenium (Se) on forage sorghum. Therefore, this research was accomplished to evaluate the effect of Zn, Fe and Se bio-fortification on diverse sorghum accessions. The field experiments were conducted in a randomised complete block design with a split-plot arrangement. The treatments comprised of Zn (10 mg/L as ZnSO4∙5H2O), Fe (7 mg/L as FeSO4∙7H2O), Se (3 mg/L as SeSO4) and CK (control) were applied to five sorghum accessions: G1 (Y-16), G2 (YSH-166), G3 (YSH-134), G4 (YSS-98) and G5 (YSH-132). According to our results, the sorghum accession G5 showed superiority over all other accessions and produced maximum values of all growth and quality traits except grains number per panicle and 1 000-grain weight. All applied micronutrients (Zn, Fe and Se) enhanced the growth, quality and uptake of nutrients in sorghum accessions. However, Se recorded the highest plant height, stem diameter, 1 000-grain weight and Zn produced the maximum protein, oil and starch contents. Conclusively, it can be concluded that G5 with Se must be used to achieve the optimum values of agronomic traits, while G5 with Zn found more effective to improve the quality traits of sorghum.

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Effect of micronutrient fertilization and methods of application on yield and quality of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in sub-humid southern plains zone

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Effect of sowing and micronutrients foliar spray on lentil (Lens culinaris) in West Bengal

Effect of sowing and micronutrients foliar spray on lentil (Lens culinaris) in West Bengal

Agronomic bio-fortification of iron, zinc and selenium enhance growth, quality and uptake of different sorghum accessions

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