Studies on the effect of establishment methods and foliar nutrition on productivity of transplanted finger millet (Eleusine coracana) under irrigated condition

In spite of the labor scarcity, uniform population as well as adequate plant spacing cannot be possible in the field this also one of the factor for low productivity of finger millet. To rectify these problems mechanical transplanting is only the possible way to achieve maximum production and productivity (Vasudevan et al., 2014).
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Studies on the effect of establishment methods and foliar nutrition on productivity of transplanted finger millet (Eleusine coracana) under irrigated condition Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(10): 2446-2451 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.910.292 Studies on the Effect of Establishment Methods and Foliar Nutrition on Productivity of Transplanted Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) under Irrigated Condition M. Sivashankar1*, V. K. Paulpandi1, R. Durai Singh1 and K. Thangaraj2 1 Department of Agronomy, 2Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, AC & RI, Madurai, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACTKeywords A field experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2019 in sandy clay loam soilFoliar Nutrition, of Agricultural College And Research Institute, Madurai to evolve the different type ofFinger Millet, transplanting methods and foliar nutrient management practices in finger millet underEleusine coracana irrigated condition. Among the different types of transplanting methods, machine transplanting shows better results in physiological parameters. Among the foliar nutritionArticle Info practices, humic acid 2% foliar application 25 DAT and 50 DAT was reported that incerased plant height, no of leaves, LAI, CGR and this was followed by foliar applicationAccepted:17 September 2020 of 40 ppm salicylic acid in 25 DAT and 50 DAT. With regard to interaction machineAvailable Online: transplanting along with foliar application of 2% humic acid recorded maximum plant10 October 2020 height no. of leaves, LAI, CGR .Introduction productivity of 3714 kg/ha respectively (India stat, 2017-2018). The grains can be stored forFinger millet (Eleusine coracana) is one of 8 – 10 years and thus, it is an importantthe most important nutri cereals which famine food (Michaelraj and Shanmugam,possessing remarkable ability to survive under 2013).Finger millet grains are more nutritioussevere drought. This crop is cultivated mainly than wheat and rice. The nutritional valuesfor the nutritious grains and straw. Ragi straw per 100 g of finger millet are: Protein 7.3 g;is good fodder for cattle and used for hay Minerals 2.7 g; Carbohydrates 72 g; Fat 1.3 g;making.It occupies maximum area among the Calcium 344 mg and Fibre 3.6 g. It alsosmall millets. In India, finger millet is contains Iron 5 mg and Food energy 323–350cultivated about 1.19 M hectares with total K Cal. The finger millet contains importantproduction of 1.98 Mtonnes and productivity amino acids viz., isoleucine (4.4 g), leucineof 1662 kg/ha. In Tamil Nadu finger millet is (9.5 g), methionine (3.1 g) and phenyl alaninecultivated in an area of 0.086M hectares with (5.2 g) which are deficient in other starchytotal production of 0.32 Mtonnes and meals. Millets also contains B vitamins, 2446 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(10): 2446-2451especially niacin, B6 and folic acid calcium, collected from agro meteorologicaliron, potassium, magnesium and zinc observatory at Agricultural College and(Vachanth et al., 2010). Finger millet has Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.largely cultivated as a crop under rainfed Experiment field contain available N (245 kgconditions and which was raised under ha-1), available P2O5 (16.3 kg ha-1, availableirrigated condition as transplanting crop. K2O (275 kg ha-1) and organic carbon (0.56Finger millet productivity and production is %).extremely lower than the other cerealsbecause of planting pattern, establishment The trial was laid out in split plot design withmethods, planting of aged seedling, three replications. The treatments at maininsufficient irrigation and nutrient plots consisted of different methods ofmanagement practices etc., ...