Influence of foliar spray of nutrients on crop performance and seed yield of lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album L) Sindhuja T, Raja K* Department of Seed Science and Technology, Seed Centre Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore641003Tamil Nadu, India *Email for correspondence: kraja_sst@rediffmail.com
Online Published on 26 October, 2023. Abstract Lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album L) is a leafy vegetable that contains vitamins, essential oils, minerals and considerable amount of albuminoids. The crop is mainly propagated through seeds and, therefore, the quality of the seed is an important criterion to get a good crop growth and yield. Hence, an experiment was conducted at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to assess the influence of foliar nutrition on crop growth and yield of lamb’s quarters. Results showed that minimum days to 50 per cent flowering (50.0) were recorded in treatment DAP 2 per cent; maximum plant height was recorded in DAP 2 per cent(140.9 cm) and urea 1 per cent (134.4 cm) and higher total number of secondary branches per plant was recorded in DAP 2 per cent(86.0) and urea 1 per cent(78.3). Maximum seed yield per plant of 26.5 g, seed yield per plot of 1.75 kg and seed yield per ha of 1,948 kg were observed in DAP 2 per cent. DAP 2 per cent, urea 1 per cent and ZnSO4 0.5 per cent recorded highest 1,000-seed weight of 1.80, 1.78 and 1.74 g respectively. Top Keywords Lamb’s quarters, Foliar spray, Plant growth, Seed yield, Seed quality. Top |