Effects of fertilizer levels and foliar nutrient sprays on growth and yield of kharif soybean (Glycine max L. Merill)

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted during kharif 2022 at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Pune. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments and three replications. All the growth characters viz., plant height (59.69 cm), plant spread (43.55 cm), number of branches plant-1 (6.60), number of functional leaves plant-1 (35.34), were found significantly higher with the application of (T10) 100% GRDF + 2 foliar spray of 1% 19:19:19 and seed treatment of Rhizobium, PSB and KSB liquid form. This was followed by application of (T9) 100% GRDF + 2 foliar spray of 1% 19:19:19 and seed treatment of Rhizobium, PSB and KSB in solid form and (T6) 100% GRDF + 2 foliar spray of 2% DAP and seed treatment of Rhizobium, PSB and KSB liquid form. Similar trend was noticed in yield and yield contributing characters.