PERFORMANCE OF SUMMER GREEN GRAM IN RESPONSE TOCOMBINED SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MAJOR ESSENTIALNUTRIENTSS. Mohapatra, G.K. Ghosh, G.H. Santra, A. Snigdha, D. Sethi, S.P. Das and M.C. KunduAbstract Foliar application can be used along with the soil application of fertilizers to enhance the yield and qualityof crops for a sustainable approach to nutrient management. In this context, a field experiment was conductedwith green gram (cv: NVL-516) in anacidic soil of the Agricultural Research Farm, Siksha âOâ Anusandhan,Bhubaneswar with the objective to study the impact of combined soil and foliar application of nutrients onyield and protein content of summer green gram in Odisha. The experiment was laid out in a RandomizedBlock Design with three replications and eight treatments consisting of recommended dose of Nitrogen,Phosphorous, Potassium and Sulphur (NPKS) along with foliar application of 2% urea, diammoniumphosphate (DAP), KCl, N: P: K (19:19:19) and 1%KNO3 and control.Foliar application was done two timesat 30 and 45 DAS. The highest yield (1582 kg ha-1) was recorded in treatment where 1%KNO3 was appliedas foliar spray along with the recommended dose of NPKS and was at par with 2%DAP(1574 kg ha-1). Theprotein content of seeds was found highest in treatment with foliar application of urea (22.6%) followed byKNO3(22.4%), N: P: K (19:19:19) (22.4%) and DAP(22.1%). The protein content strongly correlated with theN concentration of seeds. |