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A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2015 and rabi 2016 in farmers’ field of Chokkahalli village of Chintamani taluk, Chikkaballapura district coming under eastern dry zone Karnataka to study the effect of bio-digested liquid manures on growth, productivity and quality of finger millet(Eleusine coracana). Application of enriched biodigested liquid organic manure (EBDLM) at 50 kg N equivalent ha-1 + 3 sprays of panchagavya (PG) at 3 % produced significantly higher grain yield, straw yield, productive tillers plant-1, finger length and 1000 grain weight (3695 kg ha-1, 5169 kg ha-1, 7.33, 9.28 cm and 3.95 g, respectively), LAI, total dry matter production plant-1 and SPAD (2.98, 59.41 g plant-1 and 23.7, respectively). Further, higher iron, calcium and protein content of finger millet (4.86, 345.43 mg 100 g-1) was recorded with EBDLM at 50 kg N equivalent ha-1 with 3 sprays of PG at 3 per centas compared to other treatments.
Key words: Finger millet, EBDLM, Jeevamrutha, Cow urine, Panchagavya, Vermiwash