Abstract:
Field experiment was conducted consecutively over a period of two years at the Main Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad (Karnataka) to study the residual effect of moisture and fertilizer resources in soybean from preceding maize. The field experiment of maize was laid out in split-split plot design with three replications involving three main plots (irrigation levels) and six subplots (factorial combinations of fertilizer levels and time of fertilizers application) with 18 treatment combinations and one control outside the design. Residual effect of deficit irrigation at critical stages with hydrogel in preceding maize recorded significantly higher grain (11.2 q ha
-1) and haulm yield (1.7 t ha
-1) of soybean. Similarly, residual effect due to fertilizer levels of 250:100:125 kg N:P
2O
5:K
2O ha
-1 in preceding maize recorded significantly higher grain (12.5 q ha
-1) and haulm yield (1.8 t ha
-1) of soybean. Further, residual effect due to fertilizers application as 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O as basal, 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O at 30 DAS and 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O at 50 DAS in preceding maize recorded significantly higher grain (11.8 q ha
-1) and haulm yield (1.7 t ha
-1) of soybean. Similarly, residual interaction effect of deficit irrigation at critical stages with hydrogel and fertilizer levels of 250:100:125 kg N:P
2O
5:K
2O ha
-1 when applied as 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O as basal, 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O at 30 DAS and 1/3
rd of N, P
2O
5 and K
2O at 50 DAS in preceding maize recorded significantly higher grain (14.5 q ha
-1) and haulm yield (2.0 t ha
-1) of soybean.