“…An analysis of 2.00 lakh soil samples collected from different parts of the country revealed that there were predominant deficiency of Zn (36.5 %) followed by B (23.2%) and Fe (12.8%) (Shukla and Behera, 2017). The deficiency of zinc is widespread in almost all the soils throughout the world followed by Fe, Cu and B (Hadler et al, 2007;Datta et al, 2017;Hnamte et al, 2018). Micronutrients application to soils is being less practiced as compared to macronutrients which supply substantial amounts of N, P, K and S. inorganic fertilizers materials with organic manures were found to add frequently to the micronutrient pool in soils and improve nutrient use efficiency (Kamal and Yousuf, 2012;Rajeev Kumar et al, 2013).…”