National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A field experiment was conducted at Main Agricultural Research Station, Raichur, during kharif, 2018 to study the effect of agronomic fortification on through Zn and Fe enriched organics and foliar nutrition in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) cultivation. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. Application of Zn and Fe enriched compost + foliar spray of panchagavya recorded significantly higher bacterial, fungal, actinomycetes, N2-fixers and phosphorous solubising bacteria after harvest (61.33 × 106, 6.33× 104, 30.50 × 103, 27.00 × 106 and 16.28 × 106 CFU g-1 of soil, respectively) and it was found on par with the treatment receiving Zn and Fe enriched vermicompost + foliar spray of ZnSO4 and FeSO4 and Zn and Fe enriched vermicompost + foliar spray of panchagavya. Microorganisms are indication of soil ability to store and recycle nutrients and energy this helps in stimulating and enhancing the millet yield. The lower microbial population (bacterial, fungal, actinomycetes, N2-fixers and phosphorous solubising bacteria) was observed with compost application alone (25.00 × 106, 4.00 × 104, 15.00 × 103, 20.40 × 106 and 14.10 × 106 CFU g-1 of soil respectively).
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