Research Article | Published: 01 March 2015

Assessing the Nutrient Uptake and Fixing Up Appropriate Dose of INM for Bambusa vulgaris (S) Seedlings

Amol P. Thorat, Poonam S. Shinde, Sandip D. Ghate and K. K. Suresh

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 22 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 11-16 | 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2015-UG24M0 | Cite this article

Abstract

An investigation was undertaken with Bambusa vulgaris (S.) as the test tree species to standardize ideal Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) techniques for assessing nutrient uptake and fixing appropriate dose of INM for growth of tissue cultured seedlings, so as to obtain the best quality seedling within a shortest nursery period. A nursery experiment was conducted by raising tissue culture B. vulgaris seedlings in polybags of size 25 cm x 15 cm filled with non-calcareous, red sandy loam soil (Typic Ustropept), sand and FYM with two levels of urea (500 and 1000 mg seedling-1), two levels of single super phosphate (1000 and 1500 mg seedling-1), two levels of muriate of potash (250 and 500 mg seedling-1) and micronutrient mixture (5g)  along with Azospirillum (5g) seedling-1, phosphobacteria (5g) seedling-1 and VAM (10g) seedling-1.The results revealed that INM treatments were found to improve the N, P and K content of B. vulgaris seedlings. The significant increase in the total N, P and K uptake was noticed due to the incorporation of Urea, Single super phosphate and Muriate of potash (500: 1000: 250 mg) along with VAM (10g), Azospirillum (5g), phosphobacteria (5g) and micronutrient mixture (5g) seedling-1(T9) over the control at 120 DAP. The total N, P and K uptake was increased by 5.00, 1.89 and 3.19 mg seedling-1, more than the control by the same treatment. The available nutrient status was positively influenced by INM treatments compared to the application of organic, inorganic and biofertilizer alone and the control. Application of urea, single super phosphate and muriate of potash (1000: 1500: 500 mg seedling-1) along with VAM (10g), Azospirillum (5g), phosphobacteria (5g) and micronutrient mixture (5g) seedling-1(T10) recorded more available of N, P and K due to application of higher dose of fertilizers.

Keywords

Integrated Nutrient Management, VAM, Rhizome, Culm, Nursery, Bambusa vulgaris, seedlings

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Thorat, A.P., Shinde, P.S., Ghate, S.D. and Suresh, K.K., 2015. Assessing the Nutrient Uptake and Fixing Up Appropriate Dose of INM for Bambusa vulgaris (S) Seedlings. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 22(1), pp.11-16. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2015-UG24M0

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