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.