ON FARM ASSESSMENT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF UREA IN TORIA (Brassica campestris L.) UNDER RAINFED CONDITION IN HILL ZONE OF ASSAM

N. KALITA¹*, S. MAIBANGSA², S. BHUYAN³, R.K. SAUD^4
1SMS Soil Science, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Diphu, Karbi Anglong, 782460, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
²Head, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Diphu, Karbi Anglong, 782460, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
³SMS Extension Education, ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Diphu, Karbi Anglong, 782460, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
⁴Associate Director of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India
* Corresponding Author : nilimkalitakvk@gmail.com

Received : 29-07-2019     Accepted : 13-08-2019     Published : 15-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 15       Pages : 8865 - 8867
Int J Agr Sci 11.15 (2019):8865-8867

Keywords : Toria, On farm testing, Foliar application, Harvest index
Academic Editor : Sanhita Ghosh, W.K. Sari, Bhabesh Gogoi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Director of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India.
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A study was carried out through participatory on farm testing during October-January (rabi season) of 2015-16 and 2016-17 at 5 villages in Karbi Anglong district under hill zone of Assam in farmers’ field with an objective to assess the effect of foliar application of urea on performances of Toria as compared to the soil application of recommended dose of fertilizers and farmer’s practice. The results revealed that foliar application of N at 50% flowering and at 50% pod initiation stage with soil application of 50% recommended N and full dose of P & K was found significantly superior over recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) and farmers practice in all the growth indices and yield attributing characters like plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches, number of siliquae per plant, seeds per siliqua and 1000 grain weight and ultimately resulted to higher yields. The same produced seed yield of 10.88 q ha-1 which is 50.06% and 10.79 % higher than farmers practice and RDF with stover yield 21.73 q ha-1 and harvest index (33.36%). The foliar feeding gave additional net return of Rs.3600.00 ha-1 and Rs 2430.00 ha-1 as compared to farmers practice and RDF respectively.

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