Effect of Varying Nitrogen and Phosphorus Levels on Growth and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) Cv. K-64

Author: Tarun Kumar, Narendra Swaroop Tarence Thomas, Akshita Barthwal*, Raghu Nandan Singh Khatana and Dalavi Vishal Monahar

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Abstract

ABSTRACT: During the Kharif season of 2018, a field study was conducted at the Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry Research Farm, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj. The soil in the trial region is classified as Inceptisol, the result showed that in treatment T8 (120 kg N ha-1 and 60 kg P ha-1), maximum plant height 180.66 (cm), number of leaves 12.43, stem diameter 2.81(cm), cob length 14.56 (cm), weight of 100 seed 28.33 (g), grain yield 45.67 (q ha-1) and highest net profit of `53504.50 with cost benefit ratio is 1: 2.19 however, the minimum net profit of `1000.00 with cost benefit ratio is 1:1.02 in treatment T0 (control).

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Keywords: Maize, Plant height, Number of leaves, Cob length and Grain yield.