Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
AP Gokul and B Pavan Kumar Naik

Abstract:
The field study to observe the influence of organic manures, recommended dose of fertilizer and consortium biofertilizer on elephant foot yam was carried out in Thirukkanur village, Puducherry during 2019-2020. The study on integrated nutrient management was carried out by the application of three different organic manures such as FYM, vermicompost, RDF and consortium bio fertilizer where applied after planting in 13 treatment combinations in RBD with three replications. The bio metric observation on growth and physiological characters. All the treatments significantly influenced the biometric characters of elephant foot yam and the results revealed that the treatment combination T₁₁ was found to be best with the growth and physiological characters. From the experiment, it was concluded that the integrated nutrient management viz., combination of vermicompost, RDF along with consortium biofertilizer were identified as the best treatment.