Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper


Vol.30, Issue 4, 2024

Page Number: 1562-1565

INTEGRATED USE OF SILICON WITH MANURE IN TARO (COLOCASIA ESCULENTA L.)

Shikha Swarnkar, Virendra Singh, Vinod Saharan2, Shalini Pilania, Hemant Swami, H.L. Bairwa and Mahendra Kumar Gora

Abstract

The current study investigated that integrated use of silicon combined with manure. A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2023 at the horticulture farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur. The highest plant height, leaf lamina length and leaf lamina width were observed in 100% RDF and 75 kg silicon application. However, the maximum number of leaves, number of stolon and stolon length was obtained in 5 ton vermicompost and 75 kg silicon application.