Effect of Planting Time, Fertility Level and Plant Population on Development, Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Quality of Winter Popco A popcorn (Zea mays everta Sturt.) composite variety, namely . Amber was assessed for their potential role as winter crop in the management at Agricultural Research Farm of BHU, Varanasi, India, under late sown condition of 2009-10 and 2010-11, respectively. The three date of sowing . 15th December, 30th December and 15th January with three plant population (60,000, 80,000 and 100,000 plants/ha) in main plots and three fertility levels (N100P50K50, N150P65K65, N200P85K85 kg/ha) in sub plot laid out in split plot design with three replications. The sandy clay loam in texture with pH , % organic carbon and 183 kg available nitrogen, and 228 kg ha-1 of available phosphorus and potassium, respectively were determined to find out the development, yield, nutrient uptake and quality of winter popcorn. n (Zea mays everta Sturt) under Late Sown Condition | Effect of planting time fertility level and plant population on development yield nutrient uptake and quality of winter popcorn Zea mays everta Sturt under late sown condition 2017 6 2 1187-1193 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 2 2017 pp. 1187-1193 Journal homepage http Original Research Article http Effect of Planting Time Fertility Level and Plant Population on Development Yield Nutrient Uptake and Quality of Winter Popcorn Zea mays everta Sturt under Late Sown Condition . Singh1 . Ram1 . Singh2 and R. Deshmukh3 1 Department of Agronomy Institute of Agricultural Science BHU Varanasi-2210051 India 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra Pampoli Arunanchal Pradesh India 3 Department of Agronomy College of Agriculture Raipur . 875702 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT A popcorn Zea mays everta Sturt. composite variety namely . Amber was assessed for their potential role as winter crop in the management at Agricultural Research Farm of Keywords BHU Varanasi India under late sown condition of 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively. The three date of sowing . 15th December 30th December and 15th January with three plant Popcorn Planting population 60 000 80 000 and 100 000 plants ha in main plots and three fertility levels time Plant population Fertility N100P50K50 N150P65K65 N200P85K85 kg ha in sub plot laid out in split plot design with level Yield and three replications. The sandy clay loam in texture with pH organic carbon and 183 Quality. kg available nitrogen and 228 kg ha-1 of available phosphorus and potassium respectively were determined to find out the development yield nutrient uptake and quality of winter Article Info popcorn. Results from assigning total 27 treatment indicated that popcorn sown on 15th December with 80 000 plants ha at N200P85K85 kg ha significantly P enhanced Accepted number
