Author(s):

K Aparna, K Bhanu Rekha, KP Vani and T Ram Prakash

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2018-19 at Students Farm, College of Agriculture. Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The experimental soil was sandy clay loam texture with pH 7.46, EC 0.36 dS m‑¹ and OC (0.67%). The soil was low in available nitrogen (260.0 kg ha^-1), medium in available phosphorus (45.1 kg ha^-1) and high in available potassium (521.0 kg ha^-1). The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with eight treatments and replicated thrice. The results revealed that, conjunctive use of inorganics and organics through crop residue composting significantly influenced the growth, yield attributes and yield of finger millet. Application of 75% RDN + 25% N through cotton stubbles vermicompost + 2% rockphosphate recorded significantly higher growth parameters and yield attributing characters viz; plant height (107.1 cm), number of tillers m^-2 (192.2), leaf area (834.9 cm² plant^-1), dry matter production ( 10202 kg ha^-1) and number of panicles per m^-2 (158), number of fingers ear head^-1 (8.5), ear head length (9.1 cm), number of grains panicle^-1 (854), weight of ear head (11.7 g), and test weight (3.29 g)over rest of the treatments.

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