ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

D.M. Patel, M.R. Patel, H.K. Patel, R.B. Prajapati and S.A. Chauhan
1Department of Agronomy, B.A.College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 110, India.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2015;9(2):1665-1669
© The Author(s). 2015
Received: 18/03/2015 | Accepted: 23/04/2015 | Published: 30/06/2015
Abstract

In search for sustainable agricultural methods for medicinal plants. A field experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat during rabi season of 2013-14. The experiment consisted of eighteen treatment combinations comprised of three nitrogen levels (15, 30 and 45 Kg N ha­-1), three phosphorus levels (0, 15 and 30 Kg P ha­-1) and two potassium levels (0 and 30 Kg K ha­-1). The treatment N3 (45 kg N ha-1) recorded significantly the maximum seed  and straw  yields as well as plant height at harvest, no. of effective tiller plant-1, no. of effective spikelet plant-1 and test weight of 1000 seeds and significantly higher length of spike as compared to other nitrogen treatments i.e. N1 (15 kg N ha-1) and N2 (30 kg N ha-1). Significantly higher seed and straw yields as well as plant height at harvest and no. of effective spikes plant-1, while no. of tiller plant-1 showed the significantly higher – response by application of 30 kg P2O5 ha-1, other characters like length of spikes and test weight of 1000 seeds and swelling factor found to be non-significant response. The response on growth and yield attributing characters as well as seed and straw yields of isabgol were also found non-significant due to different potassium levels. On economical point of view when isabgol treated with 45 kg N ha-1, 30 kg P2O5 ha-1  and 30 kg K2O ha-1 noted higher net realization as compared to other treatment.

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Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, yield, Isabgol

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