Growth and Yield of Finger Millet as Influenced by Organic Nutrient Management

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi2023-24 at Agricultural College Farm, Naira, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design and replicated thrice. The finger millet variety Indravathi (CFMV 1) was tested in the present experiment.At all the crop growth stages, significantly the tallest plants, more number of tillers plant-1, highest dry matter production and higher leaf area index were recorded with application of 100% RDF (60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1) (M1) followed by application of 50% Recommed dose of fertilizer (NPK kg ha-1) + 50% RDN through Poultry manure was comparable with treatment (M1). Application of 100% RDN through Poultry manure (M3) recorded the lowest growth parameters. Regarding the yield attributes, significantly the higher number of ears m-2, earhead length, earheadweight, number of fingers earhead-1 and test weight were obtained with application of 100% RDF (60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1) (M1)  followed by application of 50% RDF (NPK kg ha-1) + 50% RDN through Poultry manure, which was in parity with (M1). While the lowest values of yield attributes were obtained with application of 100 % RDN through poultry manure (M3). Among the foliar sprays, significantly higher values of the yield attributes were obtained with application of Panchagavya@ 3% over rest of the treatments.