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EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF GINGER IN HILL SLOPE (Pages : 36 - 39)

The field experiment on ginger was carried out at South-Eastern Hilly region at Hill Tracts Agricultural Research Station, Ramgarh, Khagrachari during the seasons of 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 to evaluate the response of ginger with different levels of nitrogen (N) (0, 120, 150 and 180 kg/ha) and potassium (K)(0, 100, 130 and 160 kg/ha). It is revealed that combined application of N and K was found more pronounced than the single effect of N and K. It is also noticed that effect of nitrogen was more distinct than K. The combined effect of N and K had significantly increased the yield and other yield contributing characters of ginger. It was also observed that N and K at highest rate N180 K160 kg/ha significantly augmented the ginger yield and other yield parameters. However, the highest plant height (63.7cm and 64.3cm), maximum number of leaves (19.2 and 19.7 /plant) and fingers numbers (16.3 and 16.6 /plant) were recorded at N180 K160 kg/ha and significantly different over N0K0. Similarly, other yield parameters like ginger weight and rhizome yield was also significantly influenced by combined application of N and K up to N180 K160 kg/ha. However, the highest yield (26.3 t/ha and 27.6 t/ha) and the two years mean yield 26.95 t/ha were recorded by said dose of N and K @ N180 K160 kg/ha. Download