Effect of Zinc–Fortification of Vegetable Pea Zinc and ZSB Solubiliser on Soil Properties

Abstract

The investigation was carried out in the pot experiment during 2021-2022 at the Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur, to study Zinc Fortification of vegetable pea through Zinc and ZSB Solubiliser. There were fourteen treatments viz. T1-Absolute control, T2-RDF (30 N, 60 P2O5, and 30 K2O kg ha-1), T3-(T2 + Soil application of 25 kg ZnSO4·7H2O ha-1), T4-(T2 + Seed treatment ZnSO4.7H2O @3g kg-1 of seed), T5-(T2 + Foliar application @ 0.5% ZnSO4.7H2O, at flowering and pod formation stage), T6-(T3+T5), T7-(T4+ T5), T8-(T3+ T4+T5), T9-(T2+ Soil application of 2 L-1 Acre (liquid ZSB), T10-(T2+Seed treatment (Liquid ZSB) @10 ml kg-1 of seed), T11-(T2+Foliar application of 2 L-1 Acre (liquid ZSB) at flowering and pod formation stage), T12-(T9+T11), T13-(T10+T11), T14-(T9+T10+T11). The treatments were replicated three times in a completely randomized design (CRD). The vegetable pea (PSM -3) was grown in the rabi season. Results revealed that the treatment of T5-(T2 + Foliar application @ 0.5% ZnSO4.7H2O, at flowering and pod formation stage), maintained the soil health in terms of pH, EC, organic carbon and available nutrients (N, P and K) and Zn in soil which were better than control.