DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2019.v06i03.002

Pages: 78-83

An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of different organic manure on the growth yield and nutritive value of Guinea grass (Panicum maximum). This experiment was designed in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replicates. Treatments were control (without any manure) (T 1), Goat manure alone (25 t ha -1) (T 2), Poultry manure alone (25t ha -1) (T 3), Cattle manure alone (25 t ha -1) (T 4). These were applied as basal and topdressing application of manure in this experiment and their performance was recorded once in three weeks. Analysis of Variance was performed to define significant difference among treatments (p < 0.05). Results revealed that plants grown in Poultry manure (T3 )(25 t ha -1) showed significantly (p < 0.05) better performance in the measured growth parameters viz. plant height(217.2cm), leaf area, number of tillers, maximum leaf length and maximum leaf width while the lowest performance was observed in control (T1) at 11 WAP( weeks after planting). Further the results of this study revealed that relatively higher total dry matter (149.61g/plant) and nutrition composition viz crude protein (14.48%), Ash content(19.78%),crude fiber(16.17%), Ether extract (8.75%) was obtained from the plants treated with poultry manure alone (T3) followed by T4,T2 whereas the lowest drymatter yield(62.7g/plant) and nutrition composition was observed in control (T1). Therefore, it could be concluded that the poultry manure can be used to enhance the growth and nutritive value of Guinea grass.