Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

The investigation entitled, “Influence of organic manures and organic sprays on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.)” was conducted during Kharif 2019 and 2020 at Agronomy Department Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli (M.S.). The field experiment was laid out in a strip plot design comprising sixteen treatment combinations replicated thrice during Kharif season. The vertical strips comprised four organic manures viz., Farm yard manure (M₁), Vermicompost (M₂), Poultry manure (M₃) and Glyricidia leaf manure (M₄) and horizontal strips consisted of four organic spray treatments viz., Control (S₀), Jeevamrut (5% spray) (S₁), Vermiwash (5% Spray) (S₂) and Cow urine (5% Spray) (S₃) to rice in Kharif season. The results revealed that the application of poultry manure along with foliar application of 5% jeevamrut (M₃S₁) increased the growth and yield of rice.