International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (1289) Last page : (1292)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2902
Productivity of Sweetcorn as Influenced by Agronomic Biofortification with Zinc and Iron
Fakeerappa Arabhanvi1* and U. K. Hulihalli2
1Ph.D. Scholar, 2Professor of Agronomy, Department of Agronomy
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka 580005, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: fakeer4694@gmail.com
Received: 22.04.2017 | Revised: 30.05.2017 | Accepted: 5.06.2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at Main Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad, to study the productivity of sweetcorn as influenced by agronomic biofortification with zinc and iron during Kharif 2015. The field experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications and 21 treatment combinations involving three main and seven subplots. The results indicated that, soil application of enriched ZnSO4 and FeSO4 @ 10 kg each ha-1 with vermicompost at 250 kg ha-1 along with foliar spray of ZnSO4 and FeSO4 @ 1.0 % each at 20 and 40 days after sowing were recorded higher fresh cob yield with husk (318.63 q ha-1), and fresh fodder yield (624.03 q ha-1), which was at par with enriched ZnSO4 and FeSO4 @ 10 kg each ha-1 with farm yard manure at 500 kg ha-1 along with foliar spray of ZnSO4 and FeSO4 @ 1.0 % each at 20 and 40 DAS (315.30 and 620.63 q ha-1, fresh cob and fodder yield, respectively).
Key words: Biofortification, Sweetcorn, Zinc, Iron, Enrichment.
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Cite this article: Arabhanvi, F. and Hulihalli, U.K., Productivity of Sweetcorn as Influenced by Agronomic Biofortification with Zinc and Iron, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 1289-1292 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2902
