The present investigation was conducted for two consecutive years with the objective to know various crop geometries and nutrient management approaches on soil chemical properties at Agricultural college farm, Bapatla. The experimental design was split plot with three replications. The present study comprised of three crop geometries with different age of seedlings (30x10 cm with 30 days old seedlings, 30x30 cm with 15 days old seedlings and 45x45 cm with 15 days old seedlings) and seven nutrient management practices (S0: absolute control, S1: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + application of dravajeevamrutham, S2: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + application of dravajeevamrutham along with wooden log treatment, S3: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + 100% RDF, S4: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + 100% RDF along with wooden log treatment, S5: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + 125% RDF, S6: FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + 125% RDF along with wooden log treatment in subplots were given to kharif finger millet. integrated application of FYM @ 10 tonnes ha-1 + 125% RDF along with wooden log treatment (S6) resulted in higher organic carbon and nutrient status of the soil and reduced C:N ratio of the soil significantly though other soil properties were non significant due to various crop geometries and nutrient management treatments.
The present study was conducted to optimize the starter culture (NCDC-159) level (%) i.e. 2.0 (C1), 2.5(C2) and 3.0 (C3) % for preparation of goat milk shrikhand. The pH values decreased while titratable acidity increased significantly (P<0.05) with increased culture levels. Ash content of C1 whereas brix values of C2 were significantly (P<0.05) higher than other treatments. The values of all textural parameters values were significantly (P<0.05) higher in C2 than C1 and C3, whereas lightness values of C1 and C2 were significantly (P<0.05) than C3. Among the sensory attributes, flavour, texture, sweetness and overall acceptability scores of C2 were significantly (P<0.05) higher. Therefore, goat milk shrikhand prepared 2.5% NCDC-159 starter culture as found optimum.
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