Comparative study of physical properties with organics and rice-crop establishment methods of winter maize (Zea mays L.) in calciorthents

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during the Rabi season of 2011-12 at south Kisan Vidhya Peeth block of Crop Research Centre of Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa (Samastipur). The experiment was conducted in a Split Plot Design with 30 treatments, which were replicated three times to the comparative study of physical properties with organics and rice-crop establishment methods of winter maize (Zea mays L.) in calciorthents. The main plot treatments consisting of six methods of rice-crop establishment A1 (ZT), A2 (DS), A3 (PDS), A4 (PT), A5 (SRI) and A6 (PT+BM) and the sub plot treatments consisting of five different form of the organic matter enrichment i.e., B1 (M), B2 (Vc), B3 (1/3CR), B4 (M+Vc), and B5 (control).