Impact Of Land Configuration And Nitrogen Management On Hybrid Maize During Kharif

Abstract

The present field experiment entitled Impact of land configuration and nitrogen management on hybrid maize during kharif was carried out during two consecutive kharif seasons of the year 2016 and 2017 at the Students Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur with the objectives to find out the effect of different methods of sowing and nitrogen management on growth characters, yield attributes and yield of hybrid maize cv. DKC9144. The hybrid maize cv. DKC9144 was sown in Split Plot Design keeping sowing method in main plots, and nitrogen management in sub plots with three replications. The sowing methods were Broadcasting, Flat sowing (50cm × 25cm), Flat followed by earthing (50cm × 25cm), Narrow bed (70cm) and furrow (30cm) and Broad bed (120cm) and furrow (30cm), while the nitrogen management were Basal dose of NPK + top dressing of N in two splits, Basal dose of NPK + Foliar spray of N in two splits, Basal dose of NPK + N through LCC (leaf colour chart) and Basal dose of P and K + N through LCC only newline