Study the Impact of Vermicompost, Zinc and Iron on the Performance of Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.)
Hanuman Prasad Pandey *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
A. K. Sachan
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
R. K. Pathak
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
U. S. Tiwari
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
R. K. Pandey
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
Ritu Pandey
Department of Textile and Clothing, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208002, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted on student instructional farm (SIF) of Chandra Shekhar AzadUniversity of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P. during kharif season 2019 and 2020, the present experiment having 32 treatments replicated thrice in factorial randomized block design on same laid out at same location. Hybrid maize variety Pioneer 3377 was sown at 60 × 20 cm (row×plant) during both the years, Soil application of Zinc (5.0 kg) and Iron (10 kg) along with 2.5 tonne vermicompost ha-1 gave significant increase (except plant population) in plant population m-2 (9.23 & 9.26), Plant height (195cm & 198 cm), number of cobs plant-1 (1.80 & 1.82), number of cobs m-2 (18 & 18) over control during 2019 and 2020.
Keywords: Hybrid maize, iron, vermicompost, zinc