PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIC MANURES AND GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF PEARL MILLET (PENNISETUM GLAUCUM L.)NIKHITHA D., RAJESH SINGH AND EKTA SINGHAbstract A field experiment was conducted at SMOF (SHUATS Model Organic Farm), Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Allahabad, (U.P.) during Kharif-2020. The soil of experimental site was sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral in soil reaction (pH 7.1), EC (0.41 ds/m), available N (225 kg/ha), available P (19.50 kg/ha) and available K (92 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design and having ten treatment consisted of Organic manures, viz. Farm Yard Manure (75% N), Farm Yard Manure (100% N), Vermicompost (75% N), Vermicompost (100% N) and growth regulators viz., Sea weed extract (625 ml/ha/ spray), Humic acid (2.5 l/ha/spray). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design which are replicated thrice and effect was observed on Manipuri variety of Bajra. The result have shown significantly higher effect of plant height (193.61 cm), Total Dry weight (110.45 g), Number of Effective tillers (3.27), Earhead length (34.23 cm), Testweight (11.11 g), Grain yield (4.86 t/ha) and Stover yield (7.94 t/ha) and were recorded significantly higher in T8 (Vermicompost (100% N) + Sea weed extract). |