Effect of Plant Growth Regulator on Growth, Physiology and Yield of Direct Sown Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.)

Aims: To determine the “Effect of plant growth regulator on growth, physiology and yield direct sown finger millet”.
 Place Duration Study: The field experiment was conducted during rabi 2022 at South Farm, Division Agronomy, Karunya Institute Technology Sciences, Coimbatore.The soil experimental sandy clay loam in texture, nearly neutral reaction (pH 5.36), level organic carbon (1.03%), available N (289 kg/ha), P (115 kg/ha) K (437 kg/ha). 
 Study Design: Completely randomized block design.
 Methodology: T1 (RDF + Water spray - Control), T2 (100% RDF Foliar spraying Brassinosteroid @ 0.5 ppm), T3 Gibberellic acid @10 T4 Salicylic @100 T5 (50% T6 T7 T8 (Foliar T9 T10 ppm).
 Results: laid out RBD showed that 100% ppm (T2) gave highest No. tillers/hill, Dry matter production, leaf area index, grain yield, straw harvest post-harvest NPK uptake millet. when comparedcontrol (Farmer practice).
 Conclusion: From this study, it concluded PGR along with nutrients application increases nutrient yield.