Importance of Foliar Nutrition for Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan L.) | Chapter 08 | Research and Development in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2
Generally, the nutrition for the crops
may be given as basal, foliar and fertigation methods. But, most of the pulse
crop is sensitive to flower dropping, which requires foliar application for
flower setting and pod formation. To know the facts the field experiments were
conducted to study the influence of different foliar nutrition on pod setting
percentage, yield and economics of redgram (Cajanus cajan (L.) under irrigated
condition at Regional Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Paiyur, Tamil Nadu, India in Kharif season of 2016-17. To study the effect of
different nutrient sources were applied as foliar application of 2% DAP twice
at flowering and 15 days thereafter first spray (T1), Foliar
application of TNAU pulse wonder at 5 kg/ha at peak flowering (T2),
Foliar application of 0.5% MAP twice at flowering and 15 days thereafter first
spray (T3). Foliar application of CCC 200 ppm twice at flowering and
15 days thereafter (T4), and Control (water spray) (T1).
It concluded that application of 0.5% mono ammonium phosphate (MAP) at
flowering and 15 days after first spray recorded higher grain and stalk yield
of 1522 and 6222 kg ha-1 respectively and it was recorded higher gross income of Rs. 91320 , net
income of Rs. 50520 and B:C ratio of 2.2. It recorded 25% higher yield over
control (water spray) and 12% higher over application of CCC 200 ppm twice at
flowering and 15 days after first spray. Overall, we emphasized the importance
of foliar spray and its direct nutritive value to increase the crop yield.
Author(s) Details
Dr. C. Sivakumar
Agricultural College and
Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vazhavachanur-606 753,
Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Krishnaveni
Agricultural College and
Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vazhavachanur-606 753,
Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Prof. M. Pandiyan
Agricultural College and
Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vazhavachanur-606 753,
Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India.
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