Influence of seed sowing and nutrient management on yield and economics in drilled paddy (Oryza sativa)

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out during kharif 2018-19 at Research Farm of College of Agriculture, Nagpur to study the “Influence of seed sowing and nutrient management in drilled paddy (Oryza sativa)”. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with four spacing and three treatments of fertilizer doses. The yield attributing character viz. number of panicle plant-1, length of panicle, number of grains panicle-1 and weight of grains panicle-1 recorded maximum in Drilling soaked seed at 30 cm and grain yield, straw yield, biological yield (q ha-1) and harvest index were significantly highest at drilling of soaked seed at 20 cm and application of 125:62.5:62.5 kg NPK ha-1. GMR and NMR (Rs. ha-1) recorded maximum in Drilling soaked seed at 20 cm and application of 125:62.5:62.5 kg NPK ha-1. B:C ratio recorded maximum in Drilling of soaked seed at 20 cm and application of 100:50:50 kg NPK ha-1.