Abstract:
A pot experiment was conducted during the summer season,2015 to study the effect of graded saturation
of phosphorus fixing capacity of soil on yield of maize. Application of P equivalent to 100% P fixing
capacity of the soil in addition to recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) significantly increased the dry
matter yield (48.33, 78.33, 65.00 g pot-1) and yield attributes i.e. plant height (122.66, 131.44, 133.89 cm)
and fresh yield (185.33, 319.67, 226.67 g pot-1) of maize over the control in all the three different soils
(loamy sand, clay loam and clayey). The significant highest nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur
content and uptake by plants were obtained through saturating the 100% phosphorus fixing capacity of
the soil in addition to RDF in all the three different soils. Likewise, highest productivity of maize was
obtained from clay loam textured soil
