The experiment comprised of two factors with three sweet corn hybrids, viz., Sugar 75, FSCH 75 and CMVL SC and four zinc levels, viz., soil application of ZnSO 4 20 kg ha-1, soil application of ZnSO 4 15 kg ha-1 + ZnSO 4 (0.5%) foliar spray at knee high stage, soil application of ZnSO 4 15 kg ha-1 + ZnSO 4 (0.5%) foliar spray at tasseling stage and ZnSO 4 15 kg ha-1 + ZnSB 200 ml/kg of seed laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. A field experiment entitled "Performance of sweet corn hybrids (Zea mays saccharata) as influenced by soil and foliar application of zinc" was conducted during kharif 2018 at the Experimental Farm of the Division of Agronomy, Wadura, SKUAST-K. One third of the world population is reported to be at the risk of zinc malnutrition due to inadequate dietary intake of zinc. Since, the noble product was evaluated for its performance and as the haulm does not possess any economic value, it is to be popularized among farming community. Mean TSS (0 brix) and starch content (%) content was recorded 6.88 and 12.1, respectively for treatment receiving NPK+ foliar application of Zn through Zn metalosate at recommended rate and was statistically superior among all Zn sources tested. Better quality tubers were obtained with NPK+FYM and foliar feeding with Zn metalosate at recommended rate. Since consumers are more concerned with quality of produce, therefore foliar application of Zn metalosate may be an option for harvesting good quality potato. But the tuber quality was significantly enhanced with foliar feeding through Zn metalosate. The influence of different sources and methods of Zn application on yield contributing characters was non significant. However, all the yield contributing characters showed statistically alike behaviour irrespective of zinc sources for both the years. The application of Zn did not have any significant effect on the yield attributing characters but significantly influenced quality parameters of potato.
Kufri Jyoti) at the experimental farm of Department of Soil Science, CSKHPKV, Palampur with twelve treatments consisting of three sources of Zn (ZnSO 4, Zn-EDTA and Zn metalosate) at different concentrations in a randomized block design to evaluate the efficacy of Zn metalosate (a new noble product) in comparision to the standard ones (ZnSO 4 and Zn EDTA).
A field experiment was conducted during 2015-17 on potato (Solonum tuberosum cv.
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