Enhancing nutritional value of jute leafy vegetable through ferti-fortification
Abstract
One field experiment was conducted to study the effect of applied nitrogen with different nitrogen doses i.e 40 kg/ha 80 kg/ha and 120 kg/ha and micronutrients application viz. control, foliar spray of 0.2% ZnSO4 and 0.2% FeSO4, soil application of ZnSO4 @ 25 kg/ha + FeSO4 @10 kg /ha,with three replication to enhance the yield and nutritional value of leafy vegetable jute. Significantly higher foliage yield and nitrogen content in leaves were recorded with 80 kg/ha. Protein content, micronutrient contents were at par with all nitrogen doses.Micronutrient application did not increase significantly either N or protein concentration in jute leaves, but higher values recorded with this application. Foliar application of Zn and Fe recorded higher value of Zn and Fe content in leaves compared to soil application. Therefore it may be concluded that application of 0.2% foliage spray of ZnSO4 and FeSO4along with recommended 80 kg of N/ ha not only enhanced the yield but also enriched the jute leafy vegetable with protein and Fe and Zn enrich will help to control malnutrition in human being.
