Assessment of nutrient deficiencies in rice (Oryza sativa) through nutrient omission in vertisol and inceptisol of Chhattisgarh

Two pot experiment was conducted at Instructional Farm of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raigarh (C.G.) during Kharif season, 2015 for identification of yield limiting nutrients through crop response in Vertisol and Inceptisol of Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh with rice (MTU-1010) as test crop. The experiments were laid out in Completely Randomized Design with 11 treatments and 3 replications. Yield attributing characters viz. effective tillers, filled grains panicle-1 and grain and straw yields of rice in both soil types were significantly influenced by nutrient omission treatments. In Vertisol omission of N, P, S and Zn resulted in significant reductions in yield attributing parameters and grain and straw yields.