A field experiment was conducted at Himalayan University farm, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, during the
kharif season of 2023 with 8 treatments replicated thrice in randomized block design, to determine the effect of organic manures on growth of finger millet (
Eleusine coracana L.). The experiment included the following treatments T
1- Control , T
2- Castor oilcake at 2.5 kg/ha+ Poultry manure at 2.5 kg/ha, T
3- Bone meal at 2.5 kg/ha + Poultry manure at 2.5 kg/ha, T
4- Mustard oilcake at 2.5 kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5 kg/ha, T
5- Bone meal at 2.5 kg/ha + Neem oilcake at 2.5 kg/ha + Fym at 2.5 kg/ha, T
6- Neem oilcake at 2.5 kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5 kg/ha, T
7- Mustard oilcake at 2.5 kg/ha + Poultry manure 2.5 kg/ha, and T
8- Bone meal at 2.5 kg/ha + Goat manure at 2.5 kg/ha.
The highest plant height recorded was 31.33 cm at 30 DAT, 77.26 cm at 60 DAT, 99.23 cm at 90 DAT, and 100.83 cm at harvest. The highest number of leaves per plant recorded was 25.15 at 30 DAT, 33.54 at 60 DAT, 37.83 at 90 DAT, and 31.66 at harvest. The highest number of tillers per plant recorded was 2.36 at 30 DAT, 2.86 at 60 DAT, 3.93 at 90 DAT, and 4.16 at harvest. In addition, plant dry weight recordings of 8.11 g plant-1 at 30 DAT, 20.21 g plant-1 at 27.89 g plant-1 at 60 DAT, 40.74 g plant-1 at 90 DAT, and 50.04 g plant-1 at harvest were observed with treatment T5 – Bone meal at 2.5 kg/ha + Neem oilcake 2.5 kg/ha + Fym at 2.5 kg/ha . Overall performance under treatment T5 was better than rest of the treatments.
