Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Anmol Pagare, AK Thakur, PK Salam, T Chandrakar and DP Singh

Abstract:
A study was conducted on little millet to investigate the effect of little millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth) growth, yield and economics as affected by liquid biofertilizers and their mode of application at New Upland Research cum Instructional Farm (NURI), Lamker under S. G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India during Kharif, 2021. The experiment was carried out in randomized bock design with three replications using in various permissible combinations of 100%, 85% and 70% RDF with different mode of application of biofertilizer as seed treatment, soil application and combination of both. T₁,100% RDF + Seed treatment with liquid biofertilizer (5 ml kg^-1 seed) followed by soil application o liquid biofertilizer (3 litter, mix with 5 t FYM and apply in furrows at sowing for one ha area) gave significantly higher grain yield, Straw yield and yield attributing character and growth character as compared to other treatment. The treatment combination with 100% RDF + Soil application of biofertilizer and 85% RDF + seed treatment + soil application of biofertilizer were found at par with this treatment T₁. These results indicate that inorganic fertilizers along with biofertilizers (seed treatment + soil application) proved to be useful in achieving the higher yield and net returns.