Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Response of Different Biofertilizers and Zinc Levels on Growth and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Sudarsanam Sai Sasank, Joy Dawson, Sasank, Sudarsanam Sai

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · pp. 237–243 · Published 9 Jul 2022

10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1130967

Abstract

The study aims to highlights the effect of different biofertilizers and zinc levels on growth and yield of maize (Zea mays. L). The study was conducted during Rabi 2021 at crop Research farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj, (U.P), India. The soil of this experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), in low organic carbon (0.36%), available N (171.48 kg/ha), available P (15.2kg/ha), available K (232.5 kg/ha). This experiment was performed in Randomised Block Design with nine treatments each replicated thrice on the basis of one-year experimentation. The treatments which are T1: Azospirillum+ZnSo4 10 kg/ha, T2: Azospirillium­+0.1% ZnSo4, T3: Azospirillum+0.2% ZnSo4, T4: Azotobacter + ZnSo4 10 kg/ha, T5: Azotobacter + 0.1% ZnSo4, T6: Azotobacter + 0.2% ZnSo4, T7: Azotobacter + Azospirillum + ZnSo4 10 kg/ha, T8: Azotobacter + Azospirillum + 0.1% ZnSo4, T9: Azotobacter + Azospirillum + 0.2% ZnSo4. The results showed that application of Azotobacter + Azospirillum + 0.2% ZnSo4 was recorded significantly higher Plant height (195.29 cm), Plant dry weight (183.65 g/plant), Whereas significantly highest crop growth rate (5.31 g/m2/day) was recorded with the treatment Azospirillum + ZnSo4 10 kg/ha. Significantly maximum Cobs/plant (2.60), Cob length (27.17 cm), Rows/cob (15.19), Grains/cob (30.16), weight of grains/cob (140.88 g), seed index (230.66), Cob yield (6.33 t/ha), Stover yield (14.30 t/ha), Harvest index (30.67%), Gross returns (Rs.107553.00/ha), Net returns (Rs.71570.00/ha) and Benefit cost ratio (1.99) were obtained with application of Azotobacter + Azospirillum + 0.2% ZnSo4 as compared to other treatments.

Azotobacter azospirillum ZnSo4 yield

References (11)

  1. 1 Zinc deficiency affects physiological and anatomical characteristics in maize leaves [DOI]
  2. 2 Effect of Biofertilizers, Levels of Nitrogen and Zinc on Growth and Yield of Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.) [DOI]
  3. 3 Integrated Nutrient Management on Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) [DOI]
  4. 4 Sustainable nutrient management in maize with integrated application of biological and chemical fertilizers.
  5. 5 Effect of zinc on growth, yields, zinc use efficiency and economics in baby corn [DOI]
  6. 6 Root colonization efficiency, plant-growth-promoting activity and potentially related properties in plant-associated bacteria
  7. 7 Effect of Biofertilizers, Organic Manures and Chemical Fertilizers on Microbial Population, Yield and Yield Attributes and Quality of Sweetcorn (Zea mays L., saccharata) cv. Madhuri [DOI]
  8. 8 Effect of farm yard manure, fertility levels and bio-fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of sorghum [DOI]
  9. 9 Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry [DOI]
  10. 10 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences [DOI]
  11. 11 International Journal of Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology [DOI]

Cited by 1

IMPACT OF BIO-ORGANIC FERTILIZATION AND NITROGEN LEVELS ON MAIZE (Zea mays L.) RESILIENCE

Rehab A. Dawoud · New Materials Compounds and Applications · 2024

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

60

Page views

0

PDF downloads

30

Outbound clicks

1

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.