Yield performance of different pearlmillet varieties under organic nutrient management

Abstract

A field experiment entitled “Yield performance of different pearlmillet varieties under organic nutrient management” was conducted at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) during the Kharif season, 2023 on loamy sand soil. The pearlmillet crop under the influence of variety RHB-233, being at par with RHB-234 significantly enhanced plant height, number of leaves plant-1 and dry matter accumulation plant-1 at harvest, LAI at 40 DAS, LAR at 30-60 DAS and NAR 30-60 DAS stage over RHB-223 and HHB-299. In variety RHB-233, improvement manifested in the production of higher effective tillers (2.67), ear-head length (20.79 cm) and 1000 grains weight (8.32 g) with the concomitant increase in productivity in terms of grain (2388 kg ha-1), stover (5960 kg ha-1) and biological yield (8348 kg ha-1). Results showed that application of 100% RDN through vermicompost + 3% panchgavya significantly improved growth parameters viz., plant height, number of tillers plant-1, number of leaves plant-1 and dry matter accumulation plant-1 at successive growth stages and yield attributes viz., effective tillers (2.77), earhead length (21.29 cm) and 1000-grains weight (7.90 g) thereby grain (2484 kg ha-1), stover (6147 kg ha-1) and biological yield (8632 kg ha-1) of pearlmillet crop over rest of the treatments.