Progressive Agriculture

Thefield experiment was carried out at Krishi Nagar Farm, Department of Agronomy, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) during kharif 2018on effect of forchlorfenuron on yield and economics of transplanted rice. Eight forchlorfenuron treatments comprised different doses of forchlorfenuron were applied at panicle initiation (PI) stage through foliar spray @ 520, 1040, 1560, 2080, 2600, 3120, 3640 g ha⁻¹ and untreated control plot (No foliar spray). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with thrice replication. The experimental resultsrevealed thatmaximum grain yield (4745kg ha⁻¹), straw yield (7290 kg ha⁻¹), gross monetary returns (97621Rs. ha⁻¹) and net monetary returns (52300Rs. ha⁻¹) were recorded under application of forchlorfenuron @ 3640 g ha⁻¹ as compared to rest of the treatments.