Table 1

Soil Parameters	Method of Analysis	References
Bulk density (Mg/m^³)	Method No. 421 b, USDA Handbook No. 60	Richards, 1954
Available N (kg/ha)	Alkaline KMnO_₄ method	Subbiah and Asija, 1956
Available P_₂O_₅ (kg/ha)	0.5 N sodium bicarbonate extractable P_₂O_₅	Olsen et al. 1954
Available K_₂O (kg/ha)	Flame photometric method	Jackson, 1973
Available Zn (mg/kg)	DTPA extractable Zn using AAS	Lindsay and Norvell, 1978
EC (dS/m) (1:2 soil water suspension at 25 ℃)	Method No. 4 USDA Handbook No. 60	Richards, 1954
Soil pH (1:2 soil water suspension)	Method No. 421 b, USDA Handbook No. 60	Richards, 1954

Table

Data were analyzed statistically for analysis of variance (ANOVA). Treatments were compared by computing the ‘F-test’. The significant differences between treatments were compared by critical difference at 5% level of probability [10].

Table 2

Treatments	Soil pH			Bulk density (mg m^{^-3})			EC (dS/m)
	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled
Sowing Dates
D_₁: 5^{^th} November	7.6	7.69	7.64	1.538	1.551	1.545	0.11	0.113	0.112
D_₂: 25^{^th} November	7.6	7.67	7.63	1.537	1.55	1.544	0.111	0.11	0.111
SEm±	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.001	0.001	0.001
C.D. (P=0.05)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Varieties
V_₁: GW 11	7.59	7.67	7.63	1.537	1.549	1.543	0.112	0.11	0.111
V_₂: DBW 187	7.61	7.69	7.65	1.54	1.553	1.547	0.11	0.114	0.112
V_₃: DBW 372	7.59	7.69	7.64	1.536	1.55	1.543	0.111	0.111	0.111
SEm±	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.004	0.004	0.003	0.001	0.005	0.002
C.D. (P=0.05)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Zinc Fertilization (ZnSO_₄.7H_₂O)
Z_₀: Control	7.6	7.69	7.64	1.541	1.552	1.547	0.114	0.11	0.112
Z_₁: 25 kg/ha BA	7.57	7.67	7.62	1.535	1.552	1.544	0.11	0.114	0.11
Z_₂: 2 FS*	7.61	7.68	7.64	1.536	1.552	1.544	0.113	0.112	0.112
Z_₃: 25 kg/ha BA+1 FS**	7.61	7.69	7.65	1.538	1.546	1.542	0.111	0.111	0.111
SEm±	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.005	0.004	0.003	0.001	0.001	0.005
C.D. (P=0.05)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

Table 1: Effect of Sowing Dates, Varieties and Zinc Fertilization on Soil _PH, Bulk Density and Electrical Conductivity (EC) of Soil after Crop Harvest

BA: Basal application, 2FS*: two foliar sprays of 0.5% at flowering and grain filling stage, 1FS**: One foliar spray of 0.5% at grain filling stage

Table 3

Treatments	Available nutrient content in soil (kg/ha)									Available Zn (mg/kg)
	Nitrogen			Phosphorus			Potassium
	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled	2023-24	2024-25	Pooled
Sowing Dates
D_₁: 5^{^th} November	165.47	166.32	165.89	20.45	21.7	21.07	318.41	321.26	319.83	0.503	0.505	0.504
D_₂: 25^{^th} November	165.83	167.66	166.74	20.8	21.88	21.34	321.57	322.48	322.03	0.496	0.502	0.499
SEm±	1.3	0.7	0.74	0.18	0.22	0.14	1.33	1.21	0.9	0.002	0.003	0.002
C.D. (P=0.05)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Varieties
V_₁: GW 11	164.52	166.55	165.54	20.38	21.6	20.99	319.17	320.37	319.77	0.493	0.5	0.497
V_₂: DBW 187	166.19	167.2	166.7	20.63	21.9	21.27	320.05	322.43	321.24	0.501	0.503	0.502
V_₃: DBW 372	166.23	167.21	166.72	20.87	21.86	21.36	320.76	322.81	321.78	0.504	0.507	0.506
SEm±	0.6	0.53	0.4	0.22	0.21	0.15	1.5	1.27	0.98	0.003	0.002	0.002
C.D. (P=0.05)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.008	0.006	0.005
Zinc Fertilization (ZnSO_₄.7H_₂O)
Z_₀: Control	161.11	162.61	161.86	19.83	20.77	20.3	319.32	322.46	320.89	0.399	0.402	0.4
Z_₁: 25 kg/ha BA	163.18	164.26	163.72	20.42	21.77	21.09	320.05	321.42	320.74	0.595	0.601	0.598
Z_₂: 2 FS*	167.39	169.02	168.2	20.9	22.12	21.51	320.22	321.8	321.01	0.402	0.405	0.403
Z_₃: 25 kg/ha BA+1 FS**	170.91	172.07	171.49	21.36	22.49	21.92	320.37	321.8	321.08	0.603	0.606	0.604
SEm±	0.69	0.61	0.46	0.25	0.24	0.17	1.73	1.47	1.13	0.003	0.002	0.002
C.D. (P=0.05)	1.98	1.74	1.29	0.72	0.69	0.49	NS	NS	NS	0.009	0.006	0.005

Table 2: Effect of Sowing Dates, Varieties and Zinc Fertilization on Soil Ph, Bulk Density and Electrical Conductivity (EC) of Soil after Crop Harvest

BA: Basal application, 2FS*: two foliar sprays of 0.5% at flowering and grain filling stage, 1FS**: One foliar spray of 0.5% at grain filling stage

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