Abstract

In an attempt to study the influence of nutrients and plant growth regulators on physiological traits of finger millet, field study was carried out at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore in randomized block design with three replications during rabi 2014. The experiment consisted of eight treatments with PGRs viz., Brassinosteroids (BRs) (0.5 ppm), Mepiquat chloride (200 ppm), Chlormequat chloride (200 ppm) and nutrients, Thiourea (1000 ppm), All 19 (19: 19: 19 NPK @1%), MgSO4 (0.5%), ZnSO4 (0.5%), Boron (0.2%) and nutrients + PGR as Consortia along with untreated control. The study revealed that the foliar application of nutrients and PGR as consortia, twice at 50 and 70 DAS was found better in manipulating the physiological traits of finger millet for obtaining higher yield and economic returns.