Author(s):

BS Naidu, PC Pagar, AN Gawate, VS Kirnapure, NR Mairan and RB Kothikar

Abstract: An experiment entitled “Effect of Potassium mono silicate liquid on growth and yield of paddy (Oryza sativa)” was conducted during kharif season of 2018-19 at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with two factors viz. different levels of potassium mono silicate and time and number of applications of potassium mono silicate replicated thrice. Growth attributing characters such as plant height, leaf area index, chlorophyll content plant^-1, dry matter production plant^-1 , number of tillers plant^-1 and yield attributing characters like effective tillers plant^-1, number of panicles plant^-1, test weight(g), grain yield plant^-1 (g), and grain and straw yield (kg ha^-1) were significantly increased with application of potassium mono silicate @ 250 ppm at 30 DAT, panicle initiation and 20 days after panicle initiation. However it was found at par with application of potassium mono silicate @200 ppm and applied at 30 DAT, and at panicle initiation.

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