S. GLORY MADHURI*, K. NAVYA JYOTHI, C. NAGAMANI, M. RAVEENDRA REDDY AND V. CHANDRIKA

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

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2024-25 at Dryland farm, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati campus of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India to study the effect of different levels of fertilizers and biofertilizers on productivity of finger millet. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. Among the different nutrient management practices tested, Application of 100% RDF + seed treatment with liquid biofertilizers

+ soil application of liquid biofertilizers (T₅) resulted in higher plant height, dry matter production, number of earheads m-2, earhead weight (g), grain weight earhead-1 (g) and test weight (g), grain and straw yield (kg ha-1) which was however comparable with application of 100% RDF + soil application of liquid biofertilizers (T₄). While they were found at their lowest with the absolute control (T₁) which was comparable with soil application of liquid biofertilizers (T₁₀).

KEYWORDS: Finger millet, liquid biofertilizer, seed treatment and soil application.