Effect of zinc and iron fortification on growth and developmental stages of upland irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars

Field studies were carried out during the growing season 2015-16 and 2016-17 at Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (Maharashtra) to study “Effect of zinc and iron fortification on growth and developmental stages of upland irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars”. The treatments were laid out in factorial randomized block design (FRBD) with three replications. Two years results shows that among varieties PBNR-03-02 explored highest growth and developmental stages whereas combine application of ZnSO4 + FeSO4 with RDF treatment recorded maximum growth and yield attributing characters respectively.