PERFORMANCE OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT THROUGH EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF WATER-SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF LINSEED (LINUM USITATISSIMUM L.) UNDER UTERA CONDITIONAbhishek Kumar, S.K. Choudhary, R.B.P. Nirala and Pallavi ShekharAbstract Field experiment was conducted to find out the performance of exogenous application of water-soluble fertilizers on growth, yield and economics of utera linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) during rabi season of 2020-21 at research farm of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur (Bihar) revealed that two times foliar sprays of NPK 19:19:19 @ 1.0 % + ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at flowering and capsule development stage recorded highest capsules/plant (34.98), seed yield (996.98 kg ha-l), oil content (36.23 %), net return (`40768 ha-l) whereas stover yield (2080.67 kg ha-l), B:C ratio (1.84) and plant height (56.75 cm) were recorded highest with RDF + two sprays of urea @ 2.0 % + ZnSO4 @ 0.5 % however, primary branches plant-l (4.73), secondary branches plant-l (17.12), dry weight (398.58 g-2) were highest with RDF + two sprays of NPK 13:0:45@1.0 % + ZnSO4 @ 0.5 %. |