A.J. Rathod, A.V. Solanke, S.U. Surve, A.G. Durgude, N.S. Kute and M.R. Patil
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during 2021-22 and 2022-23 at PGI, Research Farm, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar Maharashtra (India) to evaluate the growth indices of maize as influenced by target yield based nutrient management in maize-chickpea cropping sequence. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications. The treatment consists of five nutrient management treatments such as T1-100% RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1, T2- As per soil test, T3- Target yield of 60 q ha-1 as per STCR equation with FYM @ 10 t ha-1, T4- Target yield of 70 q ha-1 as per STCR equation with FYM @ 10 t ha-1 and T5 -Control. The higher growth indices viz., AGR, CGR and RGR was recorded in target yield of 70 q ha-1 as per STCR equation with FYM @ 10 t ha-1.