Vol. 3 (6) : November-December 2012 issue
Green Farming Vol. 3 (6) : 674-676 (November-December, 2012)
Growth parameters, yield attributes and N, P, K content and its uptake of pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum (L.) as affected by organic and inorganic sources of nutrients
VANDANAa1, RAMNIWAS CHOUDHARYb2*, S.K. THAKRALa3 and KUSUM LATAa4
aCCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125 004 (Haryana)
bAgricultural Research Station (AAU-Anand), Dhandhuka, Ahemdabad - 382 460 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,4Research Scholar, 2Assistant Professor *(choudharyrn77@gmail.com), 3Associate Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 3
Received : 3 September 2012
Revised accepted : 22 October 2012
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ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted during the kharif season of 2008 at Agronomy Research Farm, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to study the response of pearl millet hybrid (HHB-197) to organic and inorganic sources of nutrients. Among the twelve different treatments viz. Control (no fertilizer), 75 % RDF + FYM @ 5t ha-1, 100 % RDF + FYM @ 5t ha-1 , 75 % RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1, 100 % RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1 , 75 % RDF + Vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1 , 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1, 75 % RDF + Vermicompost @ 5 t ha-1, 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 5 t ha-1 , 75 % RDF, 100% RDF, 125 % RDF were applied to pearl millet crop. Growth parameters i.e. total number of tillers plant-1, leaf area plant-1 (cm2), leaf area duration (days) differed significantly among various treatments. Treatment T12 recorded significantly more number of tillers plant-1 over all other treatments except T9, T5 and T7 at 20, 40 and 60 DAS. At 40, 60 DAS and at harvest, lowest leaf area plant-1 was recorded in treatment T1 (control) whereas treatment T12 (125% RDF) was significantly superior over all other treatments. A perusal of data showed that at 1-20 DAS, T12 recorded highest LAD which was however, at par with T9 and T5 but at 21-40 and 41-60 DAS treatment T12 recorded highest LAD which was followed by T9). Maximum grain and stover yield was recorded in T12.
Key words :
Growth parameters, Grain and stover yield, Pearl millet hybrid, Nitrogen and phosphorous levels.
