Effect of yield target based nutrient management on yield of rabi maize

Abstract

An experiment was conducted on clay loam soil of Western Ghat region to study the Effect of yield target nutrient management in rabi maize during rabi 2016 and 2017 at Post Graduate Research Farm, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with nine replication. The treatments consists of T1-Absoulte control; T2- GRDF (120:60:40, kg N, P2O5, K2O ha-1); T3- Fertilizer dose as per STCR equation (80 q ha-1 yield target); T4- Fertilizer dose as per STCR equation (90 q ha-1 yield target); T5- Fertilizer dose as per STCR equation (100 q ha-1 yield target). The grain and stover yield noticed significantly higher when crop was fertilized with STCR equation (100 q ha-1 yield target) during both the years.