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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 2
First page : (1593) Last page : (1600)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6622

Effect of Different Levels of NPK Fertilizers and Delayed Sowing on Growth, Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties

Naveen Peram, Abhinav Dayal*, Neha Thomas, P. W. Ramteke
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SHUATS, Allahabad
*Corresponding Author E-mail: abhinavdayal7@gmail.com
Received: 16.03.2018 | Revised: 22.04.2018 | Accepted: 28.04.2018  

 ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted in research farm of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology & Sciences, Allahabad (U.P) during Kharif 2017 to investigate the effectiveness various levels of NPK fertilizers, their combinations ( T1 )   26g Urea: 42g DAP :20g MOP / 2 m2  ( T2 ),  52g Urea: 84g DAP :40 g MOP/ 2 m2  ( T3  ), 78g Urea: 126 g DAP :60g MOP / 2 m2 and delayed sowing on growth and yield characters of three varieties of maize. The three varieties (Kaveri 3110 (V1), Deluxe (V2), Ganga-2 (V3). each were treated with different levels of fertilizers (Urea - 26 g,52g and 78 g) which supplies nitrogen, (DAP- 42g,84g,124g) which supplies nitrogen and phosphorous, (MOP- 20g,40g,60g) which supplies potassium. The experimental design was factorial Randomized Block Design (Factorial RBD) with four replications. The results showed that the treatment combinations V­­­­­­­2­T­­2 yielded maximum in all the characters followed by (V­­­­­­­­­1T­­2) treatment in leaf width, cob length, no of rows/cob, no of grains /row, no of seeds/cob (V­­­­­­­­­3T­­1) in plant height, no of cobs per plant (V­­­­­­­­­3T­­2) in tassel length and leaf length (V­­­­­­­­­2T­­3) in cob diameter and minimum is recorded in control (T0)

Key words: Urea, Kharif, Seeds, Grains, Leaf

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Cite this article: Peram, N., Dayal, A., Thomas, N., Ramteke, P.W., Effect of Different Levels of NPK  Fertilizers and Delayed Sowing on Growth, Yield Of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Varieties, Int. J. Pure App.  Biosci.6(2): 1593-1600 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6622