Study of foliar nutrient management on growth and yield of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)

Abstract

An experiment entitled “Study of foliar nutrient management in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)” was conducted at Agriculture Research Station, Badnapur (Maharashtra), Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani during the kharif season July, 2018-19 with the main emphasis to study the effect of foliar nutrition on growth, yield and economics of pigeonpea. The experimental field was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and three replications and the variety was BDN-716. Results revealed that application of RDF + (2% DAP and Multimicronutrient @ 2ml/litre foliar spray) at 50% flowering of pigeonpea produced maximum plant height (150 cm), branches (14.33), no of functional leaves (96.67), dry matter accumulation (143.33), no of pods (73.67), weight of pods /plant(52.67 g), seed yield/plant (38.67 kg/ha), 100 seed weight (14 g), as well as maximum seed yield (1650 kg/ha), straw yield (4100 kg/ha), biological yield (5750 kg/ha), harvest index(28.69), maximum net returns (57199 kg/ha) and B:C ratio(3.10) followed by RDF + 2% urea + Multimicronutrient spray @ 2ml/litre.