Evaluation of Different Organic Manures on Growth and Yield of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.)
Arakanti Chaitanya
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
K. Murali
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
N. Devakumar
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
G. Gangadhar Eswarrao
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
S. R. Anand
All India Coordinated Research Project on Potential Crops, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
T. Chikkaramappa
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
Usha Ravindra
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India.
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Abstract
A field trial was conducted during Rabi 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Research Institute on Organic framing (RIOF), University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru to find out the effect of organic manures on growth and yield of chia. A three factorial randomized block design was employed with first factor as nutrient sources viz., S1 = FYM (100%) on N equivalent basis, S2= FYM + vermicompost (50:50) ratio on N equivalent basis, S3= FYM+ vermicompost (75:25) ratio on N equivalent basis, second factor viz., jeevamrutha levels J0 = Without jeevamrutha, J1= With Jeevamrutha 1000 liters ha-1 and panchagavya levels P0= Without panchagavya, P1= With Panchagavya 5% foliar spray being third factor. Pooled data of two years revealed that higher seed and haulm yield of chia (920,1480 kg ha-1 respectively) was obtained with application of (S2). Soil application of jeevamrutha (J1) resulted in higher seed and haulm yield (984, 1598 kg ha-1 respectively) and among panchagavya levels foliar application of panchagavya (P1) resulted in seed and haulm yield (952,1468 kg ha-1 respectively), besides the higher plant height, leaf area, dry matter accumulation and seed yield per plant were recorded with application of FYM+ Vermicompost (50:50) on N equivalent basis and among liquid organic manures application of jeevamrutha (1000 L ha-1) and panchagavya 5% foliar spray resulted in higher growth and yield attributes.
Keywords: Chia, nutrient uptake, FYM, vermicompost, jeevamrutha, panchagavya