Effect of Moisture Conservation Practices on Growth and Yield of Pearlmillet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend Stuntz] Hybrids

Abstract

Background: A field experiment was conducted under loamy sand soil during two consecutive kharif seasons of 2018 and 2019 at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner, Jaipur to find out the best moisture conservation practices on growth and yield of pearlmillet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend Stuntz] hybrids. Methods: Hybrids viz., RHB-173, RHB-177, MPMH-17 and HHB-67 in main plots and moisture conservation practices viz., control, dust mulch, straw mulch, plastic mulch and seed line mulching of FYM in sub plots were tested using split plot design replicated four. Result: The results further indicated that hybrid RHB-173 being at par with RHB-177 significantly higher plant height, dry matter accumulation, yield attributes, grain yield (2097 kg/ha), stover yield (5500 kg/ha) and biological yield (7597 kg/ha) over MPMH-17 and HHB-67. Result showed that application of plastic mulch recorded significantly increased the plant height, dry matter accumulation, yield attributes, grain yield (2145 kg/ha), stover yield (5620 kg/ha) and biological yield (7764 kg/ha) compared to other moisture conservation practices in both the years of experimentation as well as on pooled basis.

Effect of Different Sources of Nitrogen and Phosphorus and Application Methods on Yield and Quality of Hybrid Pearl Millet

“…This accelerated the growth of new tissues and the development of new shoots that have ultimately increased the plant height and dry matter accumulation. The results of the present investigation are in agreement with those of Narolia et al, [3] and Chaudhary et al [4] in Pearl millet. Minimum values of growth and yield attributes parameters were noted with control treatment for nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients (0% NP).…”

Effect of waste derived materials (biochar and compost) on yield attributes and yield of wheat Triticum aestivum L.)

“…These factors may also account for the increase in yield components. Combined effect of compost and fertility levels was also found significant on seed and straw yield (Choudhary et al, 2015) [5] . These results are in agreement with those Singh et al (2015) [24] ; D'souza et al (2017) [8] ; Meena (2017) [17] and Ruth et al (2017) [23] .…”