Integrated Nutrient Management Improves the Productivity and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Lens culinaris Medik.

Enhancing nutrient use efficiencies (NUEs) is an important factor in achieving the long-term sustainability of a production system. Our two-year experiment was aimed at accessing NUEs integration macro- and micronutrient fertilization responses three lentil (Lens culinaris) cultivars. Three cultivars were planted main plots, ten combinations used sub-plots: N1, control; N2, 100% recommended dose fertilizers (RDF) (20:40—N:P2O5); N3, vermicompost (VC) 2 t ha?1; N4, 50% nitrogen (RDN) + phosphorus (RDP) VC 1 N5, RDF 0.5% ZnSO4; N6, FeSO4; N7, ZnSO4 N8, RDN RDP ha?1 N9, N10, FeSO4. The results show that cultivar HM-1 (1.59–1.61 Mg ha?1) recorded significantly higher seed yield than Sapna (1.31–1.33 Garima (both 1.30 ha?1), while had more stover (1.86–1.90 (1.68–1.73 ha?1). Cultivar efficient terms partial productivity for N (77.5–78.5 kg kg?1), P (48.2–48.7 K (143.6–145.5 Zn (1336–1352 Fe (417–421 kg?1) Garima. Application 1.0 FeSO4 resulted (1.63–1.65 agronomic efficiency (26.3–28.8 (12.42–13.63 (52.3–57.4 over other tested practices both years. Hence, it could be concluded considering integrated management paradigm including 10 coupled with 40 P2O5 through synthetic fertilizers, vermicomposting as organic source foliar spray each (N10) produced 56.8% control, addition to improving dynamics N, P, K, Zn, Fe. Therefore, selection help achieve food nutritional targeted by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).