Use of chemical fertilizers and organic sources for production of fingermillet in eastern Himalayan region
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https://doi.org/10.48165/jefa.2026.21.1.2Keywords:
Finger millet, poultry manure, FYM, chemical fertilizer, yield.Abstract
The proposed experiment was performed in kharif season of 2024 in Agronomy Farm of Nagaland University, SAS Medziphema Campus, Nagaland. The design of experiment was RBD with 8 treatments and 3 replications. Maximum dry matter accumulation was observed in T2 (100% RDF) treatment (30.64 g plant-1), which was statistically at par with T3 (50% N from poultry manure + 50% N and PR from chemical fertilizer) and T5 (100% N from poultry manure and P, K from chemical fertilizers). Maximum number of tillers (2.98) were found in T2 treatment and minimum in T1 (Control) (1.48). T3 treatment achieved maximum seed yield (2459.3 kg ha-1), which was statistically at par with T2 and T4 (50% N from FYM + 50% N and P, K from chemical fertilizers) treatments because of good photosynthesis area as indicated by leaf area index, good number of tillers, number of fingers per head and length of fingers.
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