Effect of Organic Manures Combinations on Yield Attributes of Finger Millet Var. VL Mandua 379
Nabam Akli *
Himalayan University, Jollang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Kasinam Doruk
Himalayan University, Jollang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Karge Basar
Himalayan University, Jollang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Sanchung Lida
Himalayan University, Jollang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Anki Mibang
Himalayan University, Jollang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Tadang Meena
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India.
Nakeertha Venu
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Himalayan University farm, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, during the kharif season of 2023 with 8 treatments replicated thrice with 24 plots each 3×3 meter in randomized block design, to determine the effect of organic manures on yield of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.). The experiment included the following treatments T1- Control ,T2- Castor oilcake at 2.5kg/ha+ Poultry manure at 2.5kg/ha,T3- Bone meal at 2.5kg/ha + Poultry manure at 2.5kg/ha,T4- Mustard oilcake at 2.5kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5kg/ha,T5- Bone meal at 2.5kg/ha + Neem oilcake at 2.5kg/ha + Fym at 2.5kg/ha,T6- Neem oilcake at 2.5kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5kg/ha, T7- Mustard oilcake at 2.5kg/ha + Poultry manure 2.5kg/ha, and T8- Bone meal at 2.5kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5kg/ha. All the fertilizers were top dressed on the surface layer of the soil after 1 week of transplantation. The highest finger length (cm) recorded was 6.5 cm at harvest, the highest test weight (g) recorded was 3.1 g at harvest, the highest grain yield recorded was (t ha-1) 4.02 t ha-1 at harvest, highest straw yield (t ha-1) recorded was 7.9 t ha-1 and harvest index (%) 36.78 % at harvest were observed with treatment T5– Bone meal at 2.5kg/ha + Neem oilcake 2.5kg/ha + Fym at 2.5kg/ha.
Keywords: Finger millet, oilcake, RBD, grain yield, straw yield