Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Shivam Kumar, SK Biswas, Arshad Husain, Kishan Lal and Saurabh Kumar

Abstract:
The effects of vermicompost with bio agent and bio fertilizer combinations as soil and foliar application with fungicide showed that the maximum shoot and root length of plant (cm) was recorded in T10 treatment as soil application with PGPR + Vermicompost (6gm+300gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole at vegetative stage and booting stage representing 44.78 cm and 46.37cm of shoot length and 23.24 cm and 24.64 m of root length at 120 days after sowing during 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively (Table 1) . T₁₀ treatment also effective on fresh weight of shoot and root as soil application with PGPR + Vermicompost (6gm+300gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole at vegetative stage and booting stage, repersenting 7.67g and 7.98g of fresh weight of shoot and 2.18g and 2.32g of fresh weight of root, during 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. It has evident from the Table 2-3 showed that the maximum spike length as 12.20 cm and 14.97 cm was found in T₁₀ treatment as soil application with PGPR + Vermicompost (6gm+300gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole (vegetative stage and booting stage) during 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. Among the different treatments, highest grain yield per pot (g) and yield (q/ha) with 20.85g and 22.10g, and 41.70 q/ha and 44.20 q/ha was obtained in T₁₀ treatment as soil application PGPR + vermicompost (6gm+300gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole (vegetative stage and booting stage) during 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The minimum disease severity was recorded in T₁₀ treatment as soil application with PGPR + vermicompost (6gm+300gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole (vegetative stage and booting stage) presenting 05.26 and 04.41 per cent during 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively, which was followed by T7 treatment (soil application with T. harzianum + Vermicompost (6gm+300 gm) and two foliar spray with propiconazole at vegetative stage and booting stage) presenting 06.70 and 06.42 per cent.