Author(s):

BN Niranjan, HC Prakasha, Hari Mohan Meena, SK Kiran and Basavashri Yadawad

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at farmer’s field to study the effect of biochar on growth and yield of finger millet (GPU-28) during Kharif 2017. The experiment included seven treatments and three replications. The results revealed that application of 100 per cent RDF + 125 per cent of biochar equivalent of carbon in FYM recorded higher plant height and number of tillers hill^-1, yield parameters i.e, Number ear heads hill^-1, Number of fingers ear head^-1, 1000 grain weight, grain (4264 kg/ha) and straw yield (6416 kg/ha), uptake of nutrients by finger millet. The study clearly showed that application of 100 per cent NPK + ZnSO₄ + 125 per cent of biochar equivalent of carbon in FYM is more beneficial in enhancing the crop yield, crop productivity as well as nutrient uptake.

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