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ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Interdisciplinary International Science Journal
Volume 41 (2023)
Issue 4
Page No. 2248
Authors:
Hansa Kumawat,
D. P. Singh,
K. K. Yadav,
Neha Khardia,
Surendra Dhayal, Sonal Sharma,
Kriti Sharma,
Archana Kumawat
Environment and Ecology 41 (4): 2248—2256, October—December 2023
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.60151/envec/ZBLX2641
ISSN 0970-0420
Response of Fertility Levels and Liquid Biofertilizers
on Soil Chemical Properties and Nutrient Uptake
under Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Crop
Hansa Kumawat, D. P. Singh, K. K. Yadav, Neha Khardia,
Surendra Dhayal, Sonal Sharma, Kriti Sharma,
Archana Kumawat
Received 20 March 2023, Accepted 11 August 2023, Published on 12 October 2023
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2019-20 at Instructional Farm of Agronomy, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur to examine the effect of fertility levels and liquid biofertilizers on soil chemical properties and nutrient uptake by wheat. The treatments comprised of four levels of fertility (i.e. control, 75, 100 and 125% RDF) and four levels of liquid biofertilizers (i.e. no inoculation, Azotobacter, PSB and Azotobacter + PSB). Experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replication taking wheat var Raj 4238 as test crop. The recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) was 100:60:40 kg ha-1 of N:P2O5:K2O. The results revealed that significant increase in available primary nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) in post harvest soil of wheat and also significantly increase in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn) uptake by wheat with increasing levels of fertility and liquid biofertilizers up to the 100% RDF and Azotobacter + PSB respectively.
Keywords RDF, Biofertilizers, Fertility levels, Azotobacter, PSB.