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volume 48 issue 1 (february 2014) : 9-15,   Doi: 10.5958/j.0976-058X.48.1.002

DRY MATTER PRODUCTION, YIELD ATTRIBUTES, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CLUSTERBEAN [CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) TAUB.] AS INFLUENCED BY NITROGEN AND ZINC APPLICATION

K
K. Lakshmi Prasanna1
S
S. Selvaraj2*
P
P. Maheswara Reddy
1Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College (ANGRAU), Tirupati – 517 502, India
Cite article:- Prasanna1 Lakshmi K., Selvaraj2* S., Reddy Maheswara P. (2025). DRY MATTER PRODUCTION, YIELD ATTRIBUTES, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CLUSTERBEAN [CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) TAUB.] AS INFLUENCED BY NITROGEN AND ZINC APPLICATION. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 48(1): 9-15. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-058X.48.1.002.

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted during early kharif of 2008 on sandy clay loam soils to study the effect of nitrogen and zinc on yield and quality of guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.]. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design and replicated thrice.  The treatments consisted of three nitrogen levels viz., 20, 30 and 40 Kg N ha-1 in main plots and four zinc management viz., 0.5% ZnSO4 spray at 25 days after sowing (DAS), 45 DAS, 0.5 % ZnSO4 spray at 25 and 45 DAS including soil basal application of 20 Kg ZnSO4 ha-1. Significantly highest dry matter production was registered with 40 Kg N ha-1, while it was the lowest with 20 Kg N ha-1. Yield attributes and seed and stalk yield were the highest with 30 Kg N ha-1. Among the zinc management practices 0.5 % ZnSO4 spray at 25 and 45 DAS resulted in highest seed and stalk yield. With regard to quality parameters, protein content was found to be the highest with 40 Kg N ha-1, which was however, comparable with 30 Kg N ha-1.  The highest protein content was recorded with 0.5 % ZnSO4 spray at 25 and 45 DAS while it was the lowest with 20 Kg ZnSO4 ha-1.

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