Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
VD Patel, VP Usadadiya, AR Kaswala and AP Patel

Abstract:
A field study was carried out for two consecutive years (2020 and 2021) at the Rajendrapur Farm, NAU, Waghai (Dangs), Gujarat to assess the impact of nutrient management practices on finger millet. A randomized block design was used to set up the experiment. Nine treatments, viz., T₁ :100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP), T₂ :100% RDF + NPK bio-consortium (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP), T₃:100% RDF + Banana pseudo stem sap 1% at tillering and panicle initiation stage, T₄ :75% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP), T₅ :75% RDF + NPK bio-consortium (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP), T₆ :75% RDF + Banana pseudo stem sap 1% at tillering and panicle initiation stage, T₇ :50% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP), T₈ :50% RDF + NPK bio-consortium (2 lit/ha root deeping at TP) and T₉ :50% RDF + Banana pseudo stem sap 1% at tillering and panicle initiation stage were applied to finger millet. The results revealed that application of 100% RDF + Banana pseudo stem sap 1% at tillering and panicle initiation stage (T₃) recorded significantly higher growth, yield attributes and yields of finger millet, but it remained statistically at par with treatments T₁, T₂ and T_6. Gross realizations, net returns and BCR were also obtained higher under the treatment of 100% RDF + Banana pseudo stem sap 1% at tillering and panicle initiation stage followed by treatments T₁, T₂ and T₆.