Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during
rabi season 2014-15 to study the effect of phosphorus and sulphur on yield attributes, yield and economics of mustard [
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss] at the Agronomy Instructional Farm, Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar. Mustard variety GM 3 was used as a test crop. The results of the present investigation revealed that application of 75 kg P
2O
5/ha
(P
3) gave significantly the highest plant height at harvest, number of branches/plant, number of siliquae/plant
and number of seeds/siliqua, seed and stover yields of mustard over its lower levels of phosphorus (25 kg and 50 kg P
2O
5/ha). Significantly higher length of siliqua was recorded under 75 kg P
2O
5/ha (P
3) being at par with 50 kg P
2O
5/ha as compared to P
1 level of phosphorus. Application of 30 kg S/ha
(S
3) being at par with 20 kg S/ha
(S
2) significantly improved the number of branches/plant, number of siliquae/plant, length of siliqua, number of seeds/siliqua. Significantly the highest plant height at harvest, seed and stover yields were recorded with application of 30 kg S/ha over its lower levels of sulphur. The treatment combination of P
3S
3 (75 kg P
2O
5 and 30 kg S/ha) gave maximum net return and BCR value as compared to other treatment combinations.
Sunil Nath, BT Patel, Omprakash Meena and Girraj Prasad Jat. Effect of phosphorus and sulphur on yield attributes, yield and economics of mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss] in loamy sand. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2018;7(5):498-500.