Influence of foliar nutrition on growth, yield and economics of pigeonpea under rainfed conditions in Telangana

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Regional Agriculture Research Station, Warangal, PJTAU, Telangana during kharif season 2018-2020 to study the effect of foliar application of mineral nutrients in pigeonpea. Application of RDF +Urea spray @ 2% at 50% flowering stage recorded significantly more number of pods/ plant, number of seeds/pod and higher grain yield (1709 kg/ha) with a BC ratio of 3.20, when compared to application RDF alone (1261 kg/ha and BC ratio of 2.3). However, RDF +Urea spray was statistically on par with application of RDF +Pulse magic @1% (grain yield 1658 kg/ha, BC ratio of 3.13) and application of RDF +19: 19: 19 @ 0.5% (1643 kg/ha, 3.01 grain yield and BC ratio respectively).