Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

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

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 consist of twelve treatments. The treatments consist of different levels of RDN along with seed treatment and foliar sprays of nano nitrogen fertilizer. Variety Phule Ekadashi was used for experiment. The experiment findings shows 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 yield attributing characters viz., panicle length (27.33 cm), panicle weight (3.80 g), number of grains panicle^-1 (3.0 g), test weight (2.61 g), and yield at harvest both grain yield (1466 kg ha^-1) and straw yield (2458 kg ha^-1) over rest of the treatments and was followed by treatment T₁₁ (75% RDN + Foliar spray of nano fertilizer @ 0.4% at active tillering stage and at 7-10 days before flowering). Also, T₁₂ recorded maximum harvest index (37%). However, lowest research findings as regards to yield attributing characters as well as for the yield of little millet observed under treatment T₂ (T₁ without nitrogen application).The treatmentT₁₂ recorded higher percentage of protein content in seeds (9.06%). While, lower percentage of protein content from seed was recorded by the treatment T₂ (8.02%).