Performance of sea weeds granules (Ascophyllumnodosum) with recommended dose of fertilizer on growth and yield of Paddy crop in central plain zone

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the Student’s Instructional Farm of Chandra Sekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during kharif season of 2018 assess the application time of sea weeds granules (Ascophyllumnodosum) with recommended dose of fertilizer on growth and yield attributes and yields of Paddy crop. The experiment comprises of ten treatments viz. Control (RDF), RDF + Soli Gro Gr @ 10 kg/ha at FLP, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at 25 DAT, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at 45 DAT, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at 65 DAT, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at FLP & 25 DAT, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at FLP & 45 DAT, RDF +SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at FLP &65 DAT, RDF+SoliGro @ 10 kg/ha at FLP, 25 & 45 DAT, RDF+SoliGro@ 10 kg/ha at FLP, 25, 45 & 65 DAT laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Results revealed that the application of seaweed extracts (Soli Gro Gr @ 10 kg/ha) at final land preparation time and 25 days after transplanting of crop with recommended dose of fertilizers promoting growth attributes viz., plant height, functional leaves/plant and yield parameters viz., grain/panicle and effective tillers (m2) and grain yields viz. were recorded highest in recommended dose of fertilizer and applied two time Soli Gro Gr @ 10 kg/ha at final land preparation time and 25 days after transplanting of crop compared to all rest treatments in present investigation.