Influence of Different Level of Boron on Uptake of Nutrients in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Crop
Anshuman Dwivedi
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Varanasi, 221 002, (U.P.) India.
Deepak Kumar Dwivedi
School of Natural Resource Management, College of Post-Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, (Central Agricultrual University, Imphal), Umiam, 793 103, Meghalaya, India.
Vinay Kumar *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, JRS, Katihar, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at the research plot of Udai Pratap Autonomous College (UPAC), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, adjoining the Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, to study the effect of levels of boron on nutrient uptake in the wheat crop of the rabi season 2012-13. Boron was applied at six levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 kg ha-1), with NPK @ 120:80:60, and the experiment was laid out in Randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. The application of 2 kg boron ha-1 recorded significantly higher boron uptake (95.50 g ha-1) in grain, higher uptake of boron in straw (145.27 g ha-1), total boron uptake (240.77 g ha-1). The amount of increase in P uptake above control was larger at the optimum B level (2.0 kg B ha-1) treatment. The authors suggested the use of optimum level of boron for better nutrient uptake.
Keywords: Wheat, nutrient uptake, crop, soil