Vol. 9, Special Issue 9, Part E (2025)

A research trial was sown at Experimental Farm of Sardar Patel University, Balaghat (M.P.) in the starting of agricultural year i. e. Kharif season of 2024-25 with an improved variety of sesame PKDS-8. The title of this experiment was “Impact of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and its contributing traits of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)”. Ten treatments were replicated three times considering the Randomized Block Design (RBD). The details of treatments are T₀-Control, T₁-100% RDN, T₂-100% RDN + 1% foliar spray-Humic acid, T₃-100% RDN + 1% foliar spray-Fulvic acid, T₄-75% RDN + 25% N through FYM, T₅-75% RDN + 25% N through Vermicompost, T₆-75% RDN + 25% N through Poultry manure, T₇-50% RDN + 50% N through FYM, T₈-50% RDN + 50% N through Vermicompost and T₉-50% RDN + 50% N through Poultry manure. Randomly 5 plants were selected from each treatment and each replication to take the observations different growth, yield and its contributing characters such as Plant height (cm) at 20, 40 and 60 DAS (Days after Sowing), Number of trifoliate leaves per plant at 20, 40 and 60 DAS, Number of branches per plant at 40 and 60 DAS, Number of capsules per plant, Number of seeds per capsules, Seed yield per plant (g), Seed yield per plot (kg) and Seed yield (q ha^-1). The mean value over five randomly selected plants was considered for further statistical analysis. The result revealed that among all treatments, T₈ (50% RDN + 50% N through Vermicompost) consistently recorded superior performance across various growth stages and yield attributes. It resulted in the maximum plant height (92.43 cm at 60 DAS), highest number of trifoliate leaves (31.00 at 60 DAS), and the most branches (9.00 at 60 DAS). In terms of yield, T₈ also produced the greatest number of capsules per plant (58), number of seeds per capsule (83) and the highest seed yield per plant (14.10 g), seed yield per plot (1.354 kg), and seed yield per hectare (11.28 q/ha). Thus, integrating 50% recommended nitrogen dose with 50% N through vermicompost (T₈) proves to be a promising approach for enhancing sesame growth and yield.