Effect of Organic Manures and Fish Amino Acid on Growth and Yield of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during zaid season of 2022 at an experimental field of the Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India to determine the “Effect of organic manures and fish amino acid on growth and yield of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.)”. The treatments consist of FYM 10t/ha, poultry manure 1.6t/ha, vermicompost 1.6t/ha, foliar application of fish amino acid with 2%, 3%, 4% and control. The variety taken was SIA 3156. The experiment was carried out through a statistical design of Randomized Block Design with 10 treatments, replicated thrice. Report of the study indicate that, among different treatments application of poultry manure 1.6 t/ha and fish amino acid 3% produced significantly higher plant height (94.03 cm), higher plant dry weight (20.98 g), higher number of tillers/hill (5.27), higher crop growth rate (0.01367g/m2/day), higher leaf area index (0.066), higher number of spikes/plant (4.27), higher length of spike (16.14 cm), higher number of grains/spike (3081.20), higher test weight (3.71 g), higher grain yield (2.35 t/ha) and higher straw yield (5.53 t/ha).