E. KUMAR*, N. SUNITHA, B. SANDHYA RANI, CH. BHARGAVA RAMI REDDY AND V. CHANDRIKA

Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502.

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2024 on sandy loam soils at Dryland Farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India. The experiment was laid out in the randomized block design and replicated thrice. Results revealed that significantly higher growth parameters viz., plant height, leaf area index and yield attributes viz., number of capsules plant-1, number of seeds capsule-1, seed and stalk yield were recorded with application of 100% RDP + two foliar sprays of nano DAP @ 2 ml l-1 at 25 and 45 DAS which was comparable with application of 100% RDP + one foliar spray of nano DAP @ 2 ml l-1 at 25 DAS.

KEYWORDS: Growth, Phosphorus, Nano DAP, sesame, yield.