~ 122 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018; SP3: 122-125 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2018; SP3: 122-125 Nishchitha M Student, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Hiremath JS Assistant professor, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Gireesh Ankad Research associate, Regional Medical Research centre, Belgaum, Karnataka, India Mahantesh PS Student, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Pooja MR Student, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Lokesh CH Student, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Correspondence Nishchitha M Student, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, UHS, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India National conference on “Conservation, Cultivation and Utilization of medicinal and Aromatic plants" (College of Horticulture, Mudigere Karnataka, 2018) Effect of integrated nutrient management on yield and quality of kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata Nees.) Nishchitha M, Hiremath JS, Gireesh Ankad, Mahantesh PS, Pooja MR and Lokesh CH Abstract An investigation on “integrated nutrient management in kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata Nees.)” was carried out at Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi (Karnataka) under Ghataprabha Left Bank Command area during the year 2015-16 at Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. The result revealed that maximum plant height (61.13 cm) and plant spread (44.89 and 43.66 cm East-West and North-South, respectively), higher fresh herb yield per hectare (10.39 t) and andrographolide yield (2.25 q) was recorded with the application of 100:75:50 kg NPK per ha + Azatobacter (1 q) enriched in FYM (5 t ha -1 ) + vermicompost 1 t per ha at harvest. There was no significant variation in andrographolide content in plants. Keywords: growth, yield, quality, days after planting, FYM, NPK Introduction Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata Nees.) belonging to the family Acanthaceae is one of the nineteen species of the genus Andrographis indigenous to India and has been used in Indian systems of medicine since time immemorial. The fresh and dried leaves of kalmegh and juice extracted from the herb are official drugs in Indian pharmacopoeia. Due to its pharmacological properties, the kalmegh herb is collected indiscriminately from the wild sources causing a sharp decline in the availability of this herb to the industry. The whole herb is the source of several diterpenoids of which andrographolide is important and is distributed all over the plant body in different proportions as reported in different parts of the world. In India, the entire plant is used to obtain andrograpolide (Randa and Sharma, 1990) [7] . The leaves contain the maximum andrographolide (2.5%), while the stem contains lesser amount (2.0%) of this active principle (Chakravarti and Chakravarti, 1952 Moktader and Sirchar, 1939) [2, 5] . Besides andrographolides, the flavonoids, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid are also present in this plant. In Japan, its roots are used for extraction of several flavonoids such as andrographidin A, B, C, D, E, F and whose content varies from 0.015 – 0.15 per cent. Kalmegh forms the principle ingredient of a house hold medicine called `Alui', extensively used in West Bengal for general debility and certain forms of dyspepsia amongst adults and infants. The expressed juice of leaves is prescribed with cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in the form of globules to infants for their relief of bowel complaints, irregular stools and loss of appetite. The plant is considered to be highly efficacious against chronic malaria and often used as substitute for Swertia chirata. The modern and intensive agriculture calls for the heavy dependence of fertilizers and chemicals, which are not only costly but also cause soil and water pollution. It is, therefore, necessary to supply the plant nutrition in an integrated way. Hence, the present experiment was taken up to study the growth, yield and andrographolide content of the crop under the influence of integrated nutrients. Material and Methods The experiment was carried out in the experimental field of the Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic crops, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Belgaum district, Karnataka. The soil of the experimental site is comprised of sandy