Journal of Krishi Vigyan

A field experiment was carried out at the Student’s Research Farm, Khalsa College, Amritsar during Kharif season of 2022. The experiment consisted of ten treatments viz, T₁: Control, T₂: Seed inoculation (Bacillus subtilis), T₃: Seed treatment with ZnSO₄@0.5%, T₄: Foliar application of ZnSO₄@0.5%, T₅: Seed treatment with ZnSO₄@0.5% + foliar application of ZnSO₄@0.5%, T₆: Seed treatment with ZnSO₄@1%, T₇: Foliar application of ZnSO₄@1%, T₈: Seed treatment with ZnSO₄@1% + foliar application of ZnSO₄@1%, T₉: Seed inoculation (Bacillus subtilis) + seed treatment with ZnSO₄@0.5% + foliar application of ZnSO₄@0.5%, T₁₀: Seed inoculation (Bacillus subtilis) + seed treatment with ZnSO₄@1% + foliar application of ZnSO₄@1% with four replications in RBD design. The results revealed that treatment (T₁₀) i.e. Seed inoculation (Bacillus subtilis) + seed treatment with ZnSO₄@1% + foliar application of ZnSO₄@1% recorded higher grain yield (37.6 q/ha), stover yield (70.5 q/ha), harvest index (34.7%), zinc content in grains (40.7 mg/kg), zinc uptake by grains (153.0 g/ha), zinc content in stover (53.1 mg/kg), zinc uptake by stover (374.3 g/ha) than control and treatments where zinc was applied as seed treatment and foliar application. All these parameters were followed by T₉, T₈, T₅, T₇, T₄, T₆, T₃, T₂, T₁.