Direct and Residual Effect of Zinc and Boron on Yield and Yield Attributes of Finger Millet Groundnut Cropping System
Field experiments were conducted in the farmers' field at Gutthikatte village, Hosadurga taluk, Chitradurga district of Karnataka during 2015 16 and 2016 17 to study the direct and residual effect of zinc and boron on yield and yield attributes of finger millet groundnut cropping system in zinc and boron deficient soil. The finger millet was the test crop to study the direct effect and groundnut crop was raised to study the residual effect. The experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with fifteen treatments and replicated thrice. The pooled analysis revealed that significantly higher yield and yield attributes of finger millet and succeeding groundnut crops were recorded with the application of NPK (100:50:50 kg ha 1 FYM (10 t ha 1 ZnSO4 15 kg ha 1 Borax 12.5 kg ha 1 and residual effect of NPK FYM ZnSO4 20 kg ha 1 Borax 12.5 kg ha 1 compare to other treatments.
International Journal of Pure Applied Bioscience