Effect of different land configuration and nutrient management on nutrient uptake and yield of soybean

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out during 2016- 17 and 2017- 18 at Department of Agronomy, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, to study the performance of soybean-safflower cropping sequence under different land configuration and nutrient management. Treatment consists of eighteen treatment combinations comprising three land configuration (L1- flat beds, L2- ridges and furrow and L3- Broad bed furrow) and three superabsorbent levels (S1- 0 Kg ha-1, S2- 2.5 Kg ha-1 and S3- 5.0 Kg ha-1) in main plot, two nutrient levels i.e., N1 - 30:60:30 NPK kg ha-1 + 5 t FYM ha-1 and N2 - 30:60:30:30 NPKS kg ha-1 + 20 kg Zn SO4 + 5 t FYM ha-1 to soybean during kharif as sub plot treatments were assigned in a split plot design with three replication. Broad bed furrows planting method with the application of 30:60:30:30 NPKS kg ha-1 + 20 kg Zn SO4 + 5 t FYM ha-1 to soybean during kharif season recorded significantly higher nutrient uptake viz. N, P, K, S and Zn as well as soybean yield during both the year of study.