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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Plant Nutrition
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1517399

Optimizing Fodder Yield and Quality Through Integrated Organic Nutrient Amendments In Multi-Crop System

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Santosh Onte Santosh Onte 1,2Fiskey Vrusabh Vijay Fiskey Vrusabh Vijay 3Manjunath S Mevakanki Manjunath S Mevakanki 3Airadevi P Angadi Airadevi P Angadi 1Prasanna S Pyati Prasanna S Pyati 4MAGAN SINGH MAGAN SINGH 3Dileep Kumar Dileep Kumar 5S.A. KOCHEWAD S.A. KOCHEWAD 6Sudhir Kumar Sudhir Kumar 7Hari Om Hari Om 8Vijendra Kumar Meena Vijendra Kumar Meena 3Kamal Garg Kamal Garg 3Vetrivel Karunakaran Vetrivel Karunakaran 9Manish Kanwat Manish Kanwat 10Babu Lal Meena Babu Lal Meena 11Yogananda Shivalli Boregowda Yogananda Shivalli Boregowda 12Rahul Bellagi Rahul Bellagi 13Sunil Chandersheker Sunil Chandersheker 14Naveen K Naveen K 2Elisa Azura Azman Elisa Azura Azman 15Sanjeev Kumar Sanjeev Kumar 3*
  • 1 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
  • 2 Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
  • 3 National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR), Karnal, India
  • 4 Tocklai Tea Research Institute, Jorhat, India
  • 5 Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (ICAR), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 6 National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management (ICAR), Baramati, Maharashtra, India
  • 7 Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
  • 8 Department agronomy, Bihar agricultural unversity, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
  • 9 ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Needamangalam, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu- 614404, India
  • 10 ICAR-CAZRI Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kukuma, Bhuj, India
  • 11 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (ICAR), Karnāl, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • 12 College of Agriculture, Mandya, India
  • 13 Indian Council of Social Science Research, Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India
  • 14 Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
  • 15 Faculty of agriculture, Department of crop science, universiti putra malaysia, Serdeng, Malaysia

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    The increasing demand for organic fodder has highlighted the need for sustainable agricultural practices that optimize both yield and quality. However, research on integrated organic nutrient management in multi-crop systems remains limited, especially concerning its impact on forage productivity and nutritive value. This study aims to investigate the effects of integrated organic nutrient amendments on the yield and quality of multi-crop system. Conducted during the period 2018 to 2021 using a randomized complete block design, the experiment encompassed seven treatments, each replicated three times. These treatments comprised of different combination of farmyard manure (FYM), Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and foliar spray of panchagavya for maize (M), berseem (B), and cowpea (C) and a treatment with recommended dose of fertilizers. The treatment includes T1: 100% RDN through FYM (M) -No application (B) -No application (C); T2: 50% RDN through FYM + PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (M) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (B) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (C); T3: 75% RDN through FYM + PGPR (M) -PGPR (B)-PGPR (C); T4: 100% RDN through FYM + PGPR (M) -PGPR (B) -PGPR (C); T5: 75% RDN through FYM + PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (M) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (B) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (C); T6: 100% RDN through FYM + PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (M) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (B) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (C), and T7: 100% RDF (M)-100% RDF (B)-100% RDF (C). Research findings revealed that the T6 treatment, involving T6: 100% RDN through FYM + PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (M) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (B) -PGPR + 3% foliar spray of panchagavya (C), yielded significant improvements in both green fodder of maize (35.

    Keywords: Farmyard manure, Organic, Panchagavya, PGPR, Proximate analysis, quality, yield

    Received: 26 Oct 2024; Accepted: 16 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Onte, Vijay, Mevakanki, Angadi, Pyati, SINGH, Kumar, KOCHEWAD, Kumar, Om, Meena, Garg, Karunakaran, Kanwat, Meena, Boregowda, Bellagi, Chandersheker, K, Azman and Kumar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Sanjeev Kumar, National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR), Karnal, India

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