Dr. BJ Yothi Basu, PS Wathi, Dr. N Sambasiva Rao and Dr. V Saida Naik

Field experiment was conducted for two years during 2017-18 and 2018-19, to investigate the effect of soil and foliar nutrition on yield and productivity of summer sesame (Sesamum indicum. L). the experiment was laid out in randomized block design with nine treatments. Application of 50-50-0 kg NPK ha^-1 + foliar spray of 19:19:19@2.0% mixture at flowering and pod formation stage during both the years recorded highest plant height (120.72, 110.17), number of branches per plant (6.78, 6.67), number of capsules per plant (75.66, 69.78) and highest yield of 2060.88, 1897.05 kg/ha respectively. Application of 50-50-0 kg NPK ha^-1 + foliar spray of 19:19:19 @2.0% mixture at flowering and pod formation also recorded highest net returns of Rs. 34763/-(B:C ratio 1.71) and Rs. 28801/- (B:C ratio 1.42) during 2017-18 and 2018-19 in summer sesame.

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