Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Saurabh Yadav, Dr. KP Asati and Dr. Swati Barche

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted during the Kharif season to investigate the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of amaranthus. It was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Results revealed that application of different levels of manures, fertilizer and biofertilizers application, either alone or in combination significantly affected the growth and yield of Amranthus at first, second and third cutting at 20 cm height. Application of T₁₂ half dose of NPK (60:40:20 kg ha^-1) + half dose of vermicompost (2.5 t ha^-1) + Azotobacter and PSB (200g/10 kg seed each) observed significantly higher number of leaves plant^-1 (11.81, 29.16 and 20.58), fresh weight of leaves (227.34g, 591.95g and 406.97g), dry weight of leaves (43.97 g, 111.69 g and 77.74 g), leaf area (18.67 cm², 20.77 cm² and 20.18 cm²), leaf area index (0.0277, 0.0308 and 0.0299) and yield per hectare (21.31 q^-1, 48.68 q^-1 and 35.98 q^-1) at first and subsequent second and third cutting at 20 cm height.