Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
N Johnson, Dr. N Seenivasan, K Nagaraju, A Prashanth Kumar, Dr. G Sathish and Dr. P Gouthami

Abstract:
This study was conducted to assess the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth yield and quality of Red Amaranthus (Amaranthus cruentus L) var. Arun. was carried out during the rabi season of the year 2019-20 at SKLTSHU, college of horticulture, Mojerla, Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Mulugu, Siddipet, Telangana. The experiment was conducted with nine integrated nutrient management treatments T₁- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) (control), T₂- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha), T₃- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + Azotobacter (5 kg/ha), T₄- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + Bacillus (5 kg/ha), T₅- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + Pseudomonas (5 kg/ha), T₆- RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha) + Azotobacter (5 kg/ha), T₇-RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha) + Bacillus (5 kg/ha), T₈-RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha) + Pseudomonas (5 kg/ha) and T₉-RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha) + Azotobacter (5 kg/ha) + Bacillus (5 kg/ha) + Pseudomonas (5 kg/ha) in a Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. Among all treatments the T₉ treatment RD NPK (75:40:25 kg/ha) + FYM (25 t/ha) + Azotobacter (5 kg/ha) + Bacillus (5 kg/ha) + Pseudomonas (5 kg/ha) recorded the maximum herbage yield (6714 kg/ha) and maximum harvest index (62%), maximum nitrogen uptake (38.20 kg/ha), highest phosphorus uptake (14.21 kg/ha) and highest uptake of potassium (27.90 kg/ha) over other treatments.