Effect of One Time Application of Distillery Spentwash R. O. Reject on Growth and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) Asangi Adiveppa Mallappa*, Srinivasamurthy C. A. Department of Soil Science and Agril. Chemistry, College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore-560065 *email: adivesh2289@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the important cereal crops next towheat andrice inthe world. Ithas higher productive potential compared to any other cereal crops hence it is called as “king of cereals”. Being an exhaustive crop, it has very high nutrient requirement and its productivity depends on nutrient management system. A field experiment was conducted in red sandy clay loam soil in the farmer's field near J. P. Distileries Pvt. Ltd. Heggadathihalli village, Kunigal taluk, Tumkur district, situated in the southern dry zone (Zone-6) of Karnataka during kharif 2013. The experiment consists of seven treatments laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The experimental results indicated that the application of 150% N through distillery spentwash (DSW) R O reject recorded higher plant height (178.4 cm), number of leaves per plant (12.9), leaf area (766.9 cm2), number of rows per cob (16.7), number of grains per cob (564.7), test weight (25.8 g), grain (46.6 q ha−1) and stover yield (82.8 q ha−1) compared to all other treatments. Top Keywords Application, Distillery, Spentwash, Growth and Yield, Maize, Zea mays L. Top |