Effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulphur and Zinc on Yield and their Attributing Characteristics of Mustard Crop

Abstract

 A field experiment was conducted on Pot culture house of Department of Soil Science and
Agricultural Chemistry at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during the
rabi season 2016-17, In the present experiment 8 treatments T1 (Control), T2 (100% RDF) , T3 (100% RDF+S30),
T4 (100% RDF+Zn5), T5 (125% RDF), T6(125% RDF+S30 ), T7 (125% RDF+Zn5), T8 (150% RDF), were laid out
in Randomized Block Design(RBD) with four replication. Mustard variety Pusa Bold was taken for study. The
results revealed that the Yield (grain and stover yield) and their attributing characteristics of mustard respond
significantly with the different treatment combination. The highest grain (20.11 q/ha) and stover yield (43.13
q/ha) was obtained in T7 (125% RDF+Zn5). The treatment T7 cause 32.72 % increase in mustard grain yield and
14.22% increase in stover yield over control. The treatment combination T7 (125% RDF+Zn5) gave the best result
in terms of yield and their attributing characteristics.