Vol. 2 (6) : November-December 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 658-660 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
Nutrient management in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) on hilly area of South Gujarat
P.P. CHAUDHARI1, D.A. PATEL2*, H.M. VIRDIA3 and B.N. PATEL4
Hill Millet Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Waghai (Dangs) - 394 730 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1Associate Research Scientist, 2Asstt. Res. Sci. *(dapatel237@yahoo.com), 3Programme Co-Ordinater, 4Research Associate
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
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P.P. CHAUDHARI, D.A. PATEL, H.M. VIRDIA and B.N. PATEL. 2011. Nutrient management in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) on hilly area of South Gujarat. Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 658-660 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
Experiments were conducted during rainy seasons of 2006 to 2008 at Hill millet Research Station, Waghia-Dangs (Gujarat) to find out effect of various sources of nutrient on growth and yield of finger millet on hilly area of south Gujarat. Three years field study revealed that economically higher crop yield of finger millet along with improvement of soil health can be obtained by adopting integrated nutrient management approach. Significantly the highest grain yield in combined effect of all three component (i.e. Nitrogen fertilizer, manure and bio-fertilizer) was obtained in summed up data with the treatment of 100 percent nitrogen (40 kg/ha) along with 10 tonne FYM and Azotobactor 4 kg/ha (4496 kg/ha). The higher productivity of finger millet may be attributed to improved soil properties and increased nutrient use efficiency of applied nutrients.
Key words :
Azotobactor, biofertilizer, Eleuscine coracana, FYM, finger millet, nutrient management, ragi.
