Effect of split application of potassium with FYM on rice (Oryza sativa)

A field experiment was conducted during 1993 and 1994 on light textured inc eptisols at Raigarh under rainfed condition to study the influence of split application of K with FYM. Application of 30 and 45 kg K2O/ha with FYM sig nificantly increased panicle weight in 1994 white number of grains/panicle, test weight, straw yield, K-content and uptake were significantly increase d over control in both the years. Split application of K did not affect yie ld over basal application. However, K-content and uptake were higher in spl it application of 45 kg K2O/ha with 5 t FYM /ha over basal application in b oth the years.