Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted at the Research cum Instructional Farm, IGKV, Raipur
(C.G.) during
kharif season of 2015. The experiment was laid out in split-plot design with three replications. The treatment composed of three nitrogen levels N
1 (100 kg N ha
-1), N
2 (125 kg N ha
-1) and N
3 (150 kg N ha
-1) assigned to main plot and six nitrogen splitting S
1–3 Splits (20:50:30 at 0, 30, 60 DAS), S
2–3 Splits (20:50:30 at 10-12, 30, 60 DAS), S
3–4 Splits (20:25:25:30 at 0, 20, 40, 60 DAS), S
4–4 Splits (20:25:25:30 at 10-12, 20, 40, 60 DAS), S
5–5 Splits (20:20:20:30:10 at 0, 20, 40, 60, DAS & FL) and S
6–5 Splits (20:20:20:30:10 at 10-12, 20, 40, 60, DAS & FL) were allotted to sub-plot. The crop was fertilized with 60 kg P
2O
5 and 40 kg K
2O ha
-1. Among nitrogen levels and splitting, N
3 (150 kg N ha
-1) with S
6–5 Splits (20:20:20:30:10 at 10-12, 20, 40, 60, DAS & FL), recorded the maximum nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium uptake kg ha
-1 and soil available nitrogen but lower in soil available phosphorus and potassium.