Vol. 8 (1) : January-February 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 160-163 ; January-February, 2017
Influence of crop geometry and age of seedlings on yield, nutrient uptake, post-harvest nutrient status and economics of finger millet
D. ANITHA1*, A.V. NAGAVANI2 and V. CHANDRIKA3
Department of Agronomy, Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati - 517 502 (Andhra Pradesh)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(anitha.mscagro@gmail.com), 2Assoc. Professor, 3Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-4936
Total Pages : 4
Received : 10 March 2016
Revised accepted : 14 December 2016
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Citation :
D. ANITHA, A.V. NAGAVANI and V. CHANDRIKA. 2017. Influence of crop geometry and age of seedlings on yield, nutrient uptake, post-harvest nutrient status and economics of finger millet. Green Farming Vol. 8 (1) : 160-163 ; January-February, 2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at the Department of Agronomy, S.V Agriculture College, Tirupathi during rabi, 2014- 15 to study the influence of crop geometry and age of seedlings on the growth characters, yield, nutrient uptake and post-harvest nutrient status, economics of finger millet. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design and replicated thrice. The results revealed that the growth characters i.e, plant height, dry matter production, total no of tillers m-2 were higher with transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm with 2-3 seedling hill-1. T5 (15 days old seedlings planted at 20 cm × 20 cm spacing) recorded highest grain yield, harvest index and B:C ratio. Treatment combination of 25 days old seedlings planted at 15 cm × 10 cm spacing (T1) recorded higher nutrient uptake followed by transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1.
Key words :
Age of seedlings, Crop geometry, Finger millet, Post-harvest nutrient status, Nutrient uptake, Yield traits.
