Impact of Micronutrients and Thiourea Foliar Application on Growth and Yield of Indian Mustard [Brassica juncea (L.)]

Volume 14, Issue 55, 2025 (July – September)

Research Article
Impact of Micronutrients and Thiourea Foliar Application on Growth and Yield of Indian Mustard [Brassica juncea (L.)]
Prashant, Mahipal Dudwal, Raju Singh Jakhar, Abhinav and Robinderpal Singh Brar
Keywords: Growth, micronutrient, thiourea and yield
DOI:10.37273/chesci.cs302056073

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Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm, Department of Agriculture, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan under the supervision of Department of Agriculture, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur during rabi season 2024-2025, to study the “Impact of Micronutrients and Thiourea Foliar Application on Growth and Yield of Indian Mustard [Brassica juncea (L.)]”. The experiment was laid out according to randomized block design with three replications. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design and replicated three times. There were eight treatments (T1: Control, T2: Water spray, T3: ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray, T4: FeSO4 at 0.5% spray, T5: CH4N2S at 500 ppm spray, T6: ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray + FeSO4 at 0.5% spray, T7: ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray + CH4N2S at (500 ppm) and T8: FeSO4 at 0.5% spray + CH4N2S at (500 ppm)) variety was selected for the study. Results showed that the highest plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches per plant, number of siliqua per plant, number of seeds per siliqua , seed yield, stover yield and biological yield of mustard was significantly increased with the application of ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray + CH4N2S at (500 ppm) which was remained at par with ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray + FeSO4 at 0.5% spray, FeSO4 at 0.5% spray + CH4N2S at (500 ppm) and ZnSO₄ at 0.5% spray over control.

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