Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
The performance of boro rice cultivars (Gautam, Prabhat, Rasi and Krishna Hansa) at five levels of fertility (control; 40: 20: 20; 80: 40: 40; 120: 60: 60 and 160: 80: 80 kg N, P2O5, K2O ha-1). Gautam recorded the maximum panicles (406.6 m-2), grains panicle-1 (87.2), 1000 grain weight (22.2 g) and gave the highest grain yield (4.81 t ha-1) were studied for 3 years. Grain and straw yields increased by increasing level of fertility upto 160, 80, 80 kg N, P2O5, K2O ha-1.
Boro rice, cultivars, fertility levels, yield
