Impact of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Yield of Maize at High Altitude Cold Areas of Kashmir Ahmed Nazeer1, Parray G. A.2, Bhat S. A.3, Rasool Farahanaz4 1SKUAST-K, Shalimar 2Rice Research Station, Khudwani 3Division of Post Harvest Tecnology, SKUAST-K 4Directorate of Extension, SKUAST-K Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract A Field experiment was conducted at High Altitude Rice Research Substation, SKUAST-K, Larnoo, Anatnang Kashmir to study the impact of integrated nutrient management on yield and yield attributing characters of maize. The sixteen treatment combinations from four levels of organic manure FYM (0, 10, 20, 30 t/ha) and four levels of nitrogen (0, 40, 60, 80 kg ha−1) were tried on variety C-15 following RBDwith three replications. The grain yield and most of its component traits were maximum by application of 30 t FYM ha−1 (M3) and this level was at par with M2 (20 t FYM ha−1) level. Among nitrogen levels, 80 kg nitrogen ha−1 (N3) in general recorded significantly highest grain yield (47.58) biological yield (166.75 q ha−1), plant height (237.75 cm), number of cobs (1.26), cob length (40.35 cm) and cob weight (277.63 g) than other three levels (60, 40 and 0 kg N ha−1). Among various INM combinations M2N3 (20 t FYM and 80 kg N) recorded significantly higher grain yield, biological yield and other yield attributing traits than other treatment combinationsand thus was foundbest under high altitude areas of Kashmir. Top Keywords Maize farmyard manure, nitrogen, integrated nutrient management, grain yield, and yield components. Top |