Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Chavan SR, JB Patil, RH Shinde, VB Gedam and MJ Patil

Abstract:
Experiment was carried out at the farm of Zonal Agriculture Research Station, Shendapark, Kolhapur (M.S.), India during kharif, 2021. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replication and consisted of twelve treatments. Variety Phule Ekadashi was used for experiment. The experiment findings show that among all the treatments, treatment T₁₂ (75% RDN+ Seed treatment with 1% nano fertilizer+ Foliar spray of nano fertilizer @ 0.4% at active tillering stage and at 7-10 days before flowering) recorded highest nutrient content in grain and straw as well as shows highest nutrient uptake of little millet as influenced by nano fertilizer and nitrogen levels treatments. Significantly more nitrogen content in grain (1.45%) and straw (0.36%), more phosphorous content in grain (0.27%) and straw (0.18%) and also more potassium content from both grain (0.38%) and straw (0.71%) were recorded by treatment T₁₂. In case of total nutrient uptake by little millet the treatment T₁₂ shows higher uptake for all major macronutrient viz., nitrogen (30.14 kg ha^-1), phosphorous (8.35 kg ha^-1) and potassium (23.01 kg ha^-1). However, lowest research findings regarding nutrient content in grain and straw as well as in case of total nutrient uptake recorded little millet crop observed by treatment T₂ (T₁ without nitrogen application). The treatment T₁₂also performed good in obtaining higher grain yield 1466kgha^-1 and straw yield 2458kgha^-1.