~ 1425 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018; 7(3): 1425-1429 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2018; 7(3): 1425-1429 Received: 12-03-2018 Accepted: 16-04-2018 Muneesh Kumar Kamal Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur U.P, India Mahendru Kumar Gautam Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U. P, India Alok Maurya CPGS, CAU, Umiam Meghalaya, India Uday Pratap Singh Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur U.P, India R. K. Singh L. U. Lucknow, U.P. India Correspondence Mahendru Kumar Gautam Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U. P, India To evaluate the effect of INM on content and uptake of nutrients on wheat Muneesh Kumar Kamal, Mahendru Kumar Gautam, Alok Maurya Uday Pratap Singh and R. K. Singh Abstract The present investigation were conducted for two rabi seasons during 2014-15 in the field of Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, CSAUAT, Kanpur U. P. to evaluate the effect of INM on content and uptake of nutrients of wheat Effect of integrated nutrient management on nutrient content in grain and straw presented in contents of N, P, K, S and Zn increased significantly in all the treatments in comparison to control. The highest concentration of N, P, K, S and Zn in grain and straw was noted with T7 (100% RDF+ 25% N, Vermicompost + 30 kg S ha -1 + 5 kg Zn ha -1 ) followed by T5 (100% RDF + 25% N, FYM + 30 kg S ha -1 + 5 kg Zn ha -1 ) and minimum at control. Integration of FYM, S, Zn and Vermicompost also influences N, P, K, S and Zn contents in grain and straw. It was also observed that integration of S and Zn showed higher concentration of N, P, K, S and Zn with 100% RDF treatments in comparison to 75% RDF treatments. Keywords: Nutrient, uptake of nutrients, grain and straw etc Introduction Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the world most widely cultivated food grain crop of the family gramineae and second important staple food grain crops next to rice. Wheat being an energy rich winter cereal contributes around 35% to the food grain basket of the country. Globally wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is grown 124 countries and occupied an area of about 215 million hectare with a production of 725.50 mt. of grain during 2014-15. Fertilizer application proved to be a great success and production of cereal crops increased almost three fold in our country. It is a point of satisfaction for today but is not sufficient to meet future needs of rapidly growing population. There is not only the need to sustain the production but it also maintains steady rate of progress. Intensive cultivation and excess use of chemical fertilizers resulted in ill health of soil and unstable yield of crops. Continuous use of inorganic fertilizer has depleted soil organic matter, resulting into inherent loss of native soil N, available P, K and lower productions. Indiscriminate use of high analysis chemical fertilizers results in the deficiency of secondary and micronutrients in soils (Singh 2007) [13] . The present NPK use ratio in India is about 6.9:2.6:1.0 as against the recommended ratio of 4:2:1. Imbalance use of inorganic fertilizers has shown detrimental effects on physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, which deteriorate the soil health. Method and materials The experiment was conducted at Field No. 107, Nawabganj farm, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during rabi season 2014-15 which lies in the sub-tropical and semi-arid zone. It is located between latitude of 25028’ to 26058’ north and 79031’ to 80034’ east with an elevation of 125.9mtr from the s ea level. The total rainfall during the crop season is about 320 mm. The soil was, Class Loam in texture, having Mechanical separates Sand (%)-56.80, Silt (%)- 23.40, Clay (%)-19.85, pH (1:2.5)- 8.20, EC (1:2.5) (dSm-1 at 250C)-0.65, CEC (Cmol (P)kg- 1)-12.50 , Organic Carbon (%)- 0.43, Available Nitrogen (kg ha-1)- 250.0, Available Phosphorus (kg ha-1)-13.50, Available Potassium (kg ha-1)-141.50, Available Sulphur (kg ha- 1)-12.80, Available Zinc (ppm)-0.48. The experiment comprising of eleven treatments was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 3 replications. The details of the treatments were T1-125% RDF, T2-100% RDF (120:60:60), T3-100% RDF + 25% N FYM, T4-100% RDF + 25% N FYM + S, T5-100% RDF + 25% N FYM + S + Zn, T6-100% RDF + 25% N Vermicompost, T7-100% RDF + 25% N Vermicompost + S+ Zn, T8-75% RDF, T9- 75% RDF + 25% N FYM + S + Zn, T10-75% RDF + 25% N Vermicompost + S +