Economics of Production Enhancement of Lentil (Lens culinaris L.) through Micronutrient and Bio-inoculants in Central Plains of U. P.
Kushal Sachan *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Ravindra Kumar
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Drishty Katiyar
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Krishna Kumar Singh
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Vineet Dheer
Department of Agronomy, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
SB Pandey
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Sanjeev Sharma
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Agronomy, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002, India.
Munish Gangwar
Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), 208 002. India.
Saumya Nema
Department of Soil Science, JNKVV, Jabalpur, (M.P), 482004, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
During the Rabi season respective years 2021-22 and 2022-23, a field experiment was conducted at the student instructional farm of CSAUA&T, Kanpur. Experimental soil had a texture of sandy loam. There are 15 treatment combination involved varying combinations of micronutrients and biofertilizers with three replications of randomized block design. The cultivation of lentil variety Lentil- KLS9-3 (Krish) was carried out in accordance with the suggested agronomic practices. It can be concluded from these findings that the two-year results are consistent with the T14 (RDF + ZnSO4 (0.5%) +FeSO4 (0.5%) foliar spray at pre flowering + pod development stage + Rhizobium) showed the highest values economics parameters i.e., maximum cost of cultivation ₹ 38507 & ₹ 39444, gross returns of ₹105799 & ₹ 116068, net return of ₹ 67292 & ₹ 76624 of respective both of years followed by T15.
Keywords: Lentil, zinc, rhizobium, net return