Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume 7 | Issue 1
Effect of Nutrient Management on Growth, Productivity and Quality of Oats with Special Emphasis on Zinc & Boron
Shreeparna Saha
Tanmoy Shankar
Arun Kumar Barik
DOI:10.30954/2347-9655.01.2020.6
Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2011-12 at agricultural research farm, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal to study the effect of nutrient management on seed production of oats with special emphasis on zinc & boron. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design having twelve treatments with each treatment replicated thrice. The use of 100% NPK + FYM @ 10t / ha + ZnSO4 @ 20 kg / ha + Borax @10 kg/ha showed the highest growth attributes such as no. of tillers/ plant, dry matter accumulation. This was at par with the application of 100% NPK+FYM @ 10 t/ ha+ ZnSO4 and Borax at their lower levels (@ 10 kg and 5 kg per ha, respectively). Yield components like number of filled grains /panicle, percent filled grains and test weight of oats seeds were non-significant except number of panicles/ m2. Application of 100% NPK+FYM@ 10 t/ ha+ ZnSO4 @ 20 kg/ ha+ Borax @ 10 kg/ ha produced the highest no. of panicles /m2 which was significantly higher than all other treatments. The highest grain yield, straw yield and biological yield were achieved from the treatment with 100% NPK+FYM@ 10 t/ ha+ ZnSO4 @ 20 kg/ ha+ Borax @ 10 kg/ ha. With respect to seed quality of oats, combined application of ZnSO4 and Borax at their higher rates (20 Kg and 10kg / ha, respectively) along with 100% NPK+FYM@ 10 t/ha exhibited the highest nitrogen content (%) and crude protein percent. This treatment produced significantly higher crude protein yield than other treatments. Length, breadth and length: breadth ratio of oats was not influenced significantly by the treatments, it was found that combined application of ZnSO4 and Borax at their higher rates i.e., 20 Kg and 10 kg / ha, respectively along with 100% NPK and FYM@ 10t/ha showed the highest content of N.
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