Evaluation of Different Organic Manures on Growth and Yield of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.)

Abstract

A field trial was conducted during Rabi 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Research Institute on Organic framing (RIOF), University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru to find out the effect of organic manures on growth and yield of chia. A three factorial randomized block design was employed with first factor as nutrient sources viz., S1 = FYM (100%) on N equivalent basis, S2= FYM + vermicompost (50:50) ratio on N equivalent basis, S3= FYM+ vermicompost (75:25) ratio on N equivalent basis, second factor viz., jeevamrutha levels J0 = Without jeevamrutha, J1= With Jeevamrutha 1000 liters ha-1 and panchagavya levels P0= Without panchagavya, P1= With Panchagavya 5% foliar spray being third factor. Pooled data of two years revealed that higher seed and haulm yield of chia (920,1480 kg ha-1 respectively) was obtained with application of (S2). Soil application of jeevamrutha (J1) resulted in higher seed and haulm yield (984, 1598 kg ha-1 respectively) and among panchagavya levels foliar application of panchagavya (P1) resulted in seed and haulm yield (952,1468 kg ha-1 respectively), besides the higher plant height, leaf area, dry matter accumulation and seed yield per plant were recorded with application of FYM+ Vermicompost (50:50) on N equivalent basis and among liquid organic manures application of jeevamrutha (1000 L ha-1)  and panchagavya 5% foliar spray resulted in higher growth and yield attributes.