Effect of zinc, ferrous and elemental sulp.hur on growth and yield of safflower (carthamus tinctorius L.) var. pbns-12

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2010-07-27
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Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani
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The field investigation entitled "Effect of zinc, ferrous and elemental sulphur on growth and yield of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Var. PBNS-12" was conducted at All India Co-rodinate Research Project (AICRP) on safflower Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani with an object to fmd out the effect of zinc (Zn), ferrous (Fe) and elemental sulphur (S) on growth, seed yield and oil content of safflower. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eleven treatments. The treatments were T 1- RDF + ZnS04 @ 10 kg ha-1 , T 2- RDF + ZnS04 @ 20 kg ha-1 , T 3- RDF + ZnS04@ 30 kg ha-1 , T4- RDF + FeS04@ 10 kg ha-1 , T5- RDF + FeS04 @ 20 kg ha-1 , T6- RDF + FeS04@ 30 kg ha-1 , T7- RDF + elemental sulphur@ 1. 7 kg ha-1 , T 8- RDF + elemental sulphur @ 3.4 kg ha-1 , T 9- RDF + elemental sulphur@ 5.1 kg ha-1 , T10- RDF + FYM, T11-RDF, replication thrice having gross and net plot size 4.5 x 5 m2 and 2.7 x 3.8 m2, respectively. Variety PBNS-12 was sown on 16th October, 2009. From the results it can be concluded that growth factors viz. plant height (em), number of functional leaves, leaf area ( dm2), dry matter accumulation (g), number of branches, stem girth (em) and yield contributing factors viz. number of capitula planf1 , weight of capitula planf1 , weight of seed planf1 , number of seed planf1 , test weight (1000 seeds) were found significantly superior under treatment ZnS04@ 30 kg ha-1 (T3) and were at par with FeSo4@ 30 kg ha-1 (T6), ZnSo4@ 20 kg ha-1 (T2) and FeSo4 @ 20 kg ha-1 (T 5).
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