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Effect of Foliar Application of Micro Nutrients on Yield and Yield Attributes of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) under drought Stress

Author: A. Ramya, M. Ravi Babu, A.B.M Sirisha and S. Ratna Kumari

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Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2023, at Agricultural College, Bapatla to study the effect of micro nutrients as foliar spray, on yield and yield attributes of sesame crop under drought stress. The field experiment was laid out in a Split Plot design with three replications. There are two main treatments i.e., no stress (M1- irrigation is given as per irrigation schedule), and moisture stress at flowering and capsule formation stages i.e., 35-60 DAS (M2) and eight sub treatments viz., no application of micro nutrients (control - S1), foliar application of ZnSO4 @3000 ppm (S2), H3BO3 @2000ppm (S3), NiCl2 @5 ppm (S4), FeSO4 @3 ppm (S5), Na2MoO4 @0.5 ppm (S6), ZnSO4 @3000 ppm+H3BO3 @2000ppm (S7) and ZnSO4 @3000ppm+H3BO3 @2000ppm+NiCl2 @5 ppm+FeSO4 @3 ppm+Na2MoO4 @0.5ppm (S8) at 50 DAS. All treatments recorded significantly higher yield and yield components over control. Among all treatments, S8 recorded significantly higher yield and yield components compared to other treatments.

Keywords

Sesame, foliar application, yield and yield attributes and drought

Conclusion

In the present study, the effect of foliar application of micro nutrients were used to study the yield and yield attributes of sesame crop. Among the treatments foliar application of consortia i.e., ZnSO4 @3000ppm +H3BO3 @2000ppm +NiCl2 @5 ppm+ FeSO4 @3 ppm+ Na2MoO4 @0.5ppm and ZnSO4 @3000ppm +H3BO3 @2000ppm showed better performance and improve the yield of sesame under water stress conditions during rabi season, 2022-23.

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How to cite this article

A. Ramya, M. Ravi Babu, A.B.M Sirisha and S. Ratna Kumari (2023). Effect of Foliar Application of Micro Nutrients on Yield and Yield Attributes of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) under drought Stress. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(9): 536-541.