Impact of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources on Yield Attributes and Yield of Maize-Mustard Cropping System

Abhimanyu Yadav *

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, PG College, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Awadhesh Kumar Singh

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, PG College, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pankaj Singh

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, PG College, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Nishant Singh

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, PG College, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Kumar Anshuman

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ANDUA&T, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Adesh Kumar

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ANDUA&T, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Soil quality deterioration, especially in intensive cropping system has become a serious problem for crop productivity. Consequently, strategies for sustainable crop production and soil health are urgently required. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to study the impact of organic and inorganic nutrient sources on yield attributes and yield of maize-mustard cropping system during two consecutive kharif and rabi seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design assigning eight treatments of organic and inorganic nutrient sources comprising of (T1) RDF (120:60:40 kg N:P2O5:K2O ha-1), (T2) RDF + Zn, (T3) RDF + S, (T4) RDF + Zn + S, (T5) RDF + VC (5 t ha-1), (T6) RDF + VC (10 t ha-1), (T7) RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1) and (T8) RDF + FYM (10 t ha-1) and were replicated thrice. The results reported that the higher yield attributes and yield of maize viz., number of cobs plant-1, number of seeds cob-1, cob length, seed yield, stover yield and biological yield and for mustard viz., siliquae plant-1, number of seeds siliquae-1, length of siliquae, seed yield, stover yield and biological yield were recorded with application of RDF + VC (10 t ha-1) which was statistically at par with RDF + FYM (10 t ha-1). However, seed index/test weight and harvest index of maize-mustard cropping was failed to show any significant effect due to above treatments.

Keywords: Siliquae, cropping system, deterioration, inorganic, elemental sulphur


How to Cite

Yadav, Abhimanyu, Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Pankaj Singh, Nishant Singh, Kumar Anshuman, and Adesh Kumar. 2022. “Impact of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources on Yield Attributes and Yield of Maize-Mustard Cropping System”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34 (13):25-32. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1330973.