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 conduct during Kharif, 2013-14 to study the Impact of different manures on Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal.) production under rainfed condition grown on sandy loam soil at Departmental Research Farm, Department of Soil Conservation & Water Management/ Forestry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with eighteen treatments replicated thrice. Under fertility levels, treatments consist of FYM @ 20 t ha-1, vermicompost @ 5 t ha-1, FYM @ 10 t ha-1 + vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1, FYM @ 10 t ha-1 + vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1 + PSB @ 2 kg ha-1 + Azotobacter @ 2 kg ha-1, RDF 20:40 and absolute control. Among while moisture conservation practices, three treatments consist hoeing + weeding, organic mulch and absolute control have been taken. The results of present investigation revealed that among different fertility levels, various traits i.e. highest plant height (39.41 cm), number of branches (11.21), leaf fresh weight (47.93g), leaf dry weight (7.72 g), shoot fresh weight (30.05 g), shoot dry weight (13.05 g), root length (18.13 cm), root girth (4.72 cm), root fresh yield q ha-1 (29.53), root dry yield q ha-1 (9.45) was observed application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 + vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1 + PSB @ 2 kg ha-1 + Azotobacter @ 2 kg ha-1 along with organic mulch as moisture conservation practices, respectively. The highest uptake of nutrients N (87.09), P (28.41) and K (91.36) kg ha-1 was also observed after application of same level of fertilizers.
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