G.V.S.S. RUPA SREE*, Y. REDDI RAMU, N. SUNITHA, P.V.R.M. REDDY AND G. KARUNA SAGAR

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

ABSTRACT

A field experiment entitled “Yield and nutrient uptake of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) as influenced by organic nutrient management practices” was conducted at S. V. Agricultural College Farm, Tirupati, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India during rabi, 2021-22. The experiment was laidout in split-plot design and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of four organic manures viz., M₁: 100% N through Farmyard manure, M₂: 100% N through Poultry manure, M₃: 100% N through Sheep manure and M₄: 100% N through Vermicompost, assigned to main plots, five foliar sprays viz., F₁: Water spray, F₂: Waste decomposer, F₃: Panchagavya @ 3%, F₄: Jeevamrutha @ 10% allotted to sub plots. Among the different organic manures, application of 100% N through poultry manure resulted in significantly higher grain yield, straw yield and nutrient uptake over rest of the treatments tried. Foliar application of waste decomposer recorded significantly higher grain yield, straw yield and nutrient (N, P and K) uptake by finger millet. The interaction between the organic manures and foliar sprays was not statistically traceable.

KEYWORDS: Finger millet, Organic manures and Foliar sprays.