Crop Research
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue: 1to3

Response of ashwagandha [Withania somnifera (l.) dunal) to integrated nutrient management system (inms)

  • Author:
  • Meharban Singh Yadav, Brijesh Yadav, Somraj Singh
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 276 to 279

Department of Soil Science, J. N. Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Online published on 4 August, 2017.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the (rainy) kharif season of 2008–09 at Jabalpur to study the effect of INMS on biochemical parameters, alkaloids, yield, nutrient uptake and status of nutrients of ashwagandha. INMS resulted in highest biochemical parameters (chlorophyll ‘a’, chlorophyll ‘b’ and carotenoids), alkaloids (withaferin A, withanoloide A and withanoloide B), yield (seed and root), nutrient uptake (N, P, K, S and Zn) and status of nutrients (N, P, K, S and Zn) were recorded with the application of 50% NPK/ha+5 t FYM+PSB+Azotobacter+5 kg Zn/ha which was at par with 10 t FYM/ha +PSB+Azotobacter 3 kg/ha+5 kg Zn/ha followed by 50% NPK/ha+5 t FYM+PSB +Azotobacter

Keywords

Alkaloids, Biochemical parameters, Nutrient uptake and status of nutrients and ashwagandha, Yield