Effect of micronutrients mixture on nutrient status in post harvest soil and yield of aerobic rice

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in college of Agriculture, V. C. Farm, Mandya during Kharif 2017 to evaluate the effect of micronutrients mixture on performance of aerobic rice. Treatments include micronutrients mixture combinations like foliar application (MMF @ 0.5 and 1.0%) and soil application (MMS @ 12.5 kg ha-1) and their combination of both soil and foliar applications were checked in this experiment. The results revealed that maximum grain and straw yield was recorded with soil application of MMS @ 12.5 kg ha-1+ MMF @ 1% along with RDF and FYM (T8) and the same treatment recorded the maximum micronutrient status in the post harvest soil. But, the highest available N, P2O5, K2O and Exch. Ca, Mg in post harvest soil observed in control plot.