Madras Agricultural Journal
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STUDIES ON THE SOURCES AND METHODS OF APPLICATION OF ZINC TO LOWLAND RICE

Abstract

Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of different sources and methods of application of zinc () to rice in two Zn deficient rice fields of Wetlands, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The results revealed that soil application of six percent Zn-DAP enhanced the grain yield significantly over no Zn control. Four, five and six per cent Zn-DAP recorded higher yield over soll application of ZnSO, @ 25 kg/ha, foliar application of ZnSO, 0.5 per cent. sprayed on 50 and 45 days after planting and seed- fing root dipping in two per cent ZnO suspension.

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