International Journal of Plant & Soil Science

The investigation was carried out in the pot experiment during 2021-2022 at the Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur, to study Zinc Fortification of vegetable pea through Zinc and ZSB Solubiliser. There were fourteen treatments viz. T₁-Absolute control, T₂-RDF (30 N, 60 P₂O₅, and 30 K₂O kg ha^-1), T₃-(T₂ + Soil application of 25 kg ZnSO₄·7H₂O ha^-1), T₄-(T₂ + Seed treatment ZnSO₄.7H₂O @3g kg^-1 of seed), T₅-(T₂ + Foliar application @ 0.5% ZnSO₄.7H₂O, at flowering and pod formation stage), T₆-(T₃+T₅), T₇-(T₄+ T₅), T₈-(T₃+ T₄+T₅), T₉-(T₂+ Soil application of 2 L^-1 Acre (liquid ZSB), T₁₀-(T₂+Seed treatment (Liquid ZSB) @10 ml kg^-1 of seed), T₁₁-(T₂+Foliar application of 2 L^-1 Acre (liquid ZSB) at flowering and pod formation stage), T₁₂-(T₉+T₁₁), T₁₃-(T₁₀+T₁₁), T₁₄-(T₉+T₁₀+T₁₁). The treatments were replicated three times in a completely randomized design (CRD). The vegetable pea (PSM -3) was grown in the rabi season. Results revealed that the treatment of T₅-(T₂ + Foliar application @ 0.5% ZnSO₄.7H₂O, at flowering and pod formation stage), maintained the soil health in terms of pH, EC, organic carbon and available nutrients (N, P and K) and Zn in soil which were better than control.