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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 2
First page : (501) Last page : (504)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7668

Standardization of Organic Amendments on Yield of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L.)

Suresh, V.^1*, C. Ciba¹, P. Irene Vethamoni², R. Kousalya³, R. Karthikkannan³, R. Keerthana³, R. Logesh³, M. Lokesh Kumar³ and P. Poomari^3
1Assistant Professor (Hort.), ³M.Sc. Scholar (Hort.)
RVS Padmavathy College of Horticulture, Sempatti, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
²Professor (Hort.), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sureshboss122@gmail.com
Received: 24.07.2010  |  Revised: 29.08.2019   |  Accepted: 8.09.2019 

 ABSTRACT

The present investigations were carried out at RVS Padmavathy College of Horticulture, Sempatti during 2018-2019. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with a total of eight treatment combinations with three replications. The organic sources as soil application viz., FYM @ 25 t ha^-1, Vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha^-1, VAM @ 25 kg ha^-1 and Phophobacteria @ 2 kg ha^-1 and foliar application viz., Humic acid @ 0.3 per cent and Panchakavuya @ 3 per cent. The two way interactions between soil application and foliar nutrients had highly significant influence on fresh root yield, dry root yield, root length and root width. The treatment S₂F₁ (vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha^-1 + humic acid @ 0.3 per cent) registered the highest fresh root yield (104.98 g plant^-1), fresh root yield (3.89 t ^-1),  dry root yield (72.40 g plant^-1), dry root yield (2.68 t ha^-1) root length (13.58 cm) and root width (1.12 cm).

Keywords: Vermicompost, Humic acid yield and Ashwagandha.

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Cite this article: Suresh, V., Ciba, C., Vethamoni, P.I., Kousalya, R., Karthikkannan, R., Keerthana, R., Logesh, R., Kumar, M.L., & Poomari, P. (2020). Standardization of Organic Amendments on Yield of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L.), Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(2), 501-504. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7668