Abstract:
The result showed that at harvest there was no significant difference
between treatments suggesting that the plant height was made up by the
nitrogen supplied at larer stages. The treatment receiving half nitrogen at
active tillering and the other half at panicle initiation stage recorded the
maximum panicles/m2. Nitrogen application at later stages especially giving
half at panicle initiation has resulted in maximum panicle weight and 1000
grain weight. Skipping basal application of nitrogen and applying half at active
tillering and the other half at panicle initiation stage has given the maximum
grain yield of 4874 kg/ha.
