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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges & Opportunities
during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
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T4-43P-1524
Phenological and Quality Response of Gram (CicerArietinum L.) to Foliage-
Applied Fertilizers
Sharad Shikandar Jadhav
Department of Agronomy, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth,
Rahuri- 413 722, Dist- Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
India is also the largest gram-importing country in the world. There is a need to augment the
productivity of grams to meet the requirement. Farmers could rely very well on profit by
growing gram because of its high market demand and price. It is very imperative to develop
improved technologies for enhancing the productivity of gram. Foliar application of watersoluble
fertilizers along with soil application has several advantages in supplementing the
nutritional requirement of crops, correcting nutrient deficiencies, and providing muchneedednutrients
during stages of high nutrient demand in the crop. Foliar nutrition is recognized
as an important method of fertilization in modern agriculture. New-generation special fertilizers
have been introduced exclusively for foliar feeding and fertilization. Water soluble fertilizers
have different ratios of N, P, and K which are highly water soluble and amenable for foliar
nutrition (Jaybalet al., 1999). Spraying of micronutrient to correct the nutritional deficiencies of
the plant were in vogue, since early time, but the foliar application of macronutrients was not
tried on a large scale. Today rapid development of efficient spraying equipment, the availability
of various forms of highly water-soluble fertilizers, and the availability of different grades of
fertilizers, the practice of foliar feeding of nutrients has become a viable option for obtaining a
better yield of crops. Therefore, the phenological response of gram-to-foliage-applied fertilizers
and the quality response of gram-to-foliage-applied fertilizers were studied in this experiment.
Methodology
The field experiment was carried out during 2020-21 at the experimental farm of Cotton
Research Scheme, VNMKV, Parbhani. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized block
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