1Present Address: Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore-560 064, Karnataka, India,
Indian Institute of Horticultural ResearchHessarghatta Lake Post, Bangalore-560 089, Karnataka, India
Online published on 19 March, 2018.
Coleus vettiveroides, commonly known as Hrivera, is a perennial herb belonging to family Lamiaceae, grown on sandy loams along riverbanks in plains. Among various cultural practices conducive for enhancing root yield, nutrient management plays an important role in enhancing the yield per unit area. The rooted stem cuttings of C. vettiveroides were planted to main field with a spacing of 60 x 45 cm between plant to plant and row to row. There were 21 plots with size 4.0 m length and 3.5 m breadth accommodating 36 plants per plot, each treatment replicated three times. The growth observations and yield data were taken from selected plants excluding the border plants and plants were harvested after 140 days after planting and biomass was calculated and plant and soil samples were collected for further analysis. Total N uptake (50.13 kg/ha) and total K uptake (119.11 kg/ha) was found to be significantly higher with the application of recommended FYM 10 t/ha+recommended NPK and total P uptake (8.58 kg/ha) and was found to be significantly higher with recommended FYM 10 t/ha+100% N.
Coleus vettiveroides, Nutrient uptake, Hrivera, Secondary root yield
