Response of CO.7 ragi (Eleusine coracana) to phosphate and potash

Abstract

With a view to study the effect of graded doses of P2 O5 and K2O on the yield potential of popular high fertility Ragi, strain Co.7 field experiment was laid out in the Central farm, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore during 1962-63(February). Three levels of P2O5 and K2O at 0 to 20 lb and 40 lb, alone and in combination with one level of nitrogen at 60 over a basal dressing of five tons of farm yard manure was found by analysis to have 0.38 percent P2O5 AND 0.22 percent K2O supplying 43 lb of P2O5 and 25 lb of K2O per acre.