Effect of Tillage Practices, Sulphur and Boron Application on Growth, Yield and Economics of Mustard

Author: Shashank Tyagi*, Vinod Kumar, Sushant and M.K. Singh

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Abstract

Productive profitability of mustard is constrained mainly due to intensive use of nutrients and inappropriate moisture conservation strategies in soil layers. Keeping the issues in view, a field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2016-17 and 2017-18 at research farm of Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bhagalpur to assess the response of mustard to tillage, S and B doses. It consisted of main plot having three tillage practices viz., conventional tillage, zero tillage and reduced tillage, while sub plots having three S doses i.e., 0, 20 and 40 kg ha-1 and three B doses i.e., 0, 1.0 and 2.0 kg ha-1 in sub sub plots laid out in split split plot design replicated thrice. Results indicated that siliqua length, 1000-seed weight and seeds siliqua-1 were maximum in conventional tillage. Tillage practices did not cause significant variation in 1000-grain weight. These attributes increased with increasing doses up to 40 kg S ha-1 and 1.0 kg B ha-1. S doses caused non significant vari

Keywords

Boron, Economics, Mustard, Sulphur, Tillage, Yield, Zero tillage.

Conclusion

Hence it might be concluded that use of 20 kg S ha-1 and 1.0 kg B ha-1 under conventional tillage recorded highest seed yield and benefit: cost ratio of mustard besides significant improvement in growth and yield attributes in context to S and B nutrition at various tillage practices.

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Shashank Tyagi*, Vinod Kumar, Sushant and M.K. Singh (2022). Effect of Tillage Practices, Sulphur and Boron Application on Growth, Yield and Economics of Mustard. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 1370-1375.