Effect of nitrogen and zinc application to the sesame

Nitrogen is a critical element having significant roles in crop production. Therefore, it requires proper management in the modern crop production in order to alleviate its high level of volatilization and leaching losses from farmlands, particularly in the tropics where rainfall is torrential and solar radiation is very high. In recent times, manifestation of the ill-effects of blanket application of chemical fertilizer are of great concern, particularly in the areas of toxic nitrate pollution of underground waters, eutrophication, soil acidity, poor soil moisture, poor yield, abnormally high soil temperature and harmful residual effects. Looking to the results of the present study, it is suggested that the experiment should be repeated further one or two years with increased levels of nitrogen and zinc for higher productivity of prevailing varieties of sesame under rainfed condition of agro-climatic condition of chitrakoot of Bundelkhand region.