Effect of integrated nutrient management on content, uptake and quality of summer pearlmillet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) under south Gujarat condition

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2018 at Collage Farm, N. M. Collage of Agriculture University, Navsari, Gujarat, to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on summer pearl millet under south Gujarat condition. Two levels of manure (no compost and vermicompost @ 10 t/ha), three fertilizer levels (no RDF, 75 per cent RDF and 100 per cent RDF) and two levels of biofertilizer (no seed inoculation and seed inoculation with Azotobacter @ 2 ml/kg seeds) were compared. Application of 10 tonnes vermicompost/ha recorded significantly higher nutrient (N, P2O5 and K2O) content, uptake, protein content and protein yield over control. Improvement in nutrient content, uptake, protein content and protein yield were also noticed with 100 per cent RDF. Seed inoculation with Azotobacter also increased nutrient content, uptake, protein content and protein yield of pearlmillet over control.