The Impact of Nano-fertilizers on Growth-attributing Characteristics in Transplanted Hybrid Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Mandeep Kumar *
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Naushad Khan
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
M.Z. Siddqui
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Kaushal Kumar
Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Anil Kumar
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Shravan Kumar Maurya
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Durgesh Kumar Maurya
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
Shikhar Verma
Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P) – 208002, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2022 and 2023 at Students’ Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur- 208002 (U.P.) India. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. 13 treatments viz, T1- Control, T2-50 % RDN, T3-50% RDN+ Nano Urea, T4-75% RDN, T5-75% RDN + Nano Urea, T6-100% RDN, T7-100% RDN + Nano Urea, T8-50% RDN + Nano Zinc, T9-50% RDN + Nano Urea + Nano Zinc, T10-75% RDN + Nano Zinc, T11-75% RDN + Nano Urea + Nano Zinc, T12-100% RDN + Nano Zinc and T13-100% RDN + Nano Urea + Nano Zinc. Higher growth attributing characters such as higher plant height, tillers, dry matter accumulation and leaf area index at different crop stages along with maximum grain yield were recorded with application of 100% RDN + Nano Urea + Nano Zinc and over Control, 50 % RDN, 50% RDN+ Nano Urea, 75% RDN, 75% RDN + Nano Urea, 100% RDN, 50% RDN + Nano Zinc and 75% RDN + Nano Zinc in transplanted Kharif rice.
Keywords: Nano fertilizer, nano urea, nano zinc, growth, transplanted rice and RDN