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EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF TILLAGE AND ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF LITTLE MILLET (PANICUM SUMATRENSE L.)

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Vanathi J, Sanbagavalli S, Somasundaram E, Sivakumar U and Maragatham S
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2024.13.01.46

Abstract

Selection of suitable tillage and application of organic sources are essential that influencing the efficiency of nutrients in soil and crop management. To improve the millet crop yield and to sustain the soil health, inclusion of primary tillage and recommended nutrient management practices through organic sources are very much needed. With this preview, the research was carried out and objective of this study was to investigate how the tillage systems and different organic sources affect the crop growth and yield of little millet. An experiment was conducted in the research farm of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 2022. For conducting an experiment, the strip plot design was laid out with tillage as the main plot and nutrient management practices as a subplot with 3 replications. Results revealed that conventional tillage (Disc plough + Cultivator + Rotovator) with the application of enriched vermicompost @ 1 t ha-1 followed by foliar spray of 3% Panchagavya on 30th DAS and 5% of egg amino acid on 45th DAS had a greater effect on growth parameters, crop growth indices and yield attributes of little millet as compared to the other treatments. This research delves into investigating the effect of tillage with organic nutrient management practices on the growth and yield attributes of little millet.

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