1Department of Soil Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, (Uttar Pradesh), India
2Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad-224 229, (Uttar Pradesh), India, Email: pandeypraveen1986@yahoo.com
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Email of corresponding author: sachananil2000@gmail.com
Online published on 13 October, 2015.
The present experiment was conducted in micro-plots at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh during winter season of 2009–10 to study the effect of farmyard manure (FYM) and inorganic fertilizers on yield, nutrient uptake and quality of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Barley variety ‘Azad ’was superior to variety ‘Haritama ’in terms of yields and protein content. It recorded 22 and 31% higher grain and straw yields with application of farmyard manure 5 tonnes ha−1 and recommended dose of NPKSZn (80: 50: 50: 40: 5 kg ha−1) over application of FYM 5 tonnes ha−1 alone, respectively. This treatment also recorded highest protein content (10.44%). Nutrient uptake by both the barley varieties increased with increase in graded levels of fertilizers blended with FYM.
Barley, Farmyard manure, Hordeum vulgare, Inorganic fertilizers, Nutrients uptake, Protein content, Yield
