Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth of Red Amaranthus

Abstract

The present study entitled “Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth of Red Amaranthus” was conducted during summer season 2024-25 in the research and instructional farm at Bharregaon under Pt. KLS College of Horticulture and Research Station, Rajnandgaon (C.G.). The field experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three replications and ten treatments consisting a control. The aim of the experiment was to find out to the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth Red Amaranthus. Integrated nutrient management 60% RDF + 40% RDN through Vermicompost + PSB gave significantly better performance at vegetative character like maximum plant height (62.41cm), number of leaves per plant (16.23), leaf area per plant (33.95 cm2), Stem girth (2.82 cm), fresh weight of plant (37.78 g), dry weight of plant (1.08 g) and minimum days to harvest (49 days).