Abstract

Suhal Sardar, Mohd. Nayeem Ali, Riya Jakhwal, Suraj Singh, Rajkumar, and Ashok Kumar

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2023 at Crop Research center Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh to study the Effect of micronutrients mixture on economic feasibility of maize (Zea mays). Two grades of micronutrients mixture, one for soil application (SMM) and another for foliar spray (FMM) were tested with 7 treatment combinations and replicated thrice in a randomized completely block design with maize as test crop. The treatment with Recommended Dose of Fertilizers (150:75:40 kg ha-1 N: P2O5: K2O) + FYM @ 10 t ha-1was considered as control. Soil grade SMM was applied as basal @ 30 kg ha-1 whereas foliar grade FMM was tested in two concentrations i.e., 0.40% and 0.80% sprayed at 30 and 45 Days After Sowing. Significantly higher kernel and stover yield of maize (82.00 and 83.67 q ha-1) were recorded with soil application of SMM + foliar application of FMM@ 0.8% along with RDF+FYM over control and found on par with same treatment combination except FMM was sprayed @ 0.4%. The percent increase in kernel and stover yield were 42.28 and 42.61over control.