Growth and productivity of different pearl millet hybrids and their fitness under rainfed areas in lower hills of N-W Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir UT

Vikas Gupta

doi:10.56093/ijas.v96i6.156603

Authors

Vikas Gupta SKUAST-Jammu

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v96i6.156603

Keywords:

Pearl millet, hybrids, rainfed soil, yield, diseases, insects/pests

Abstract

An investigation was performed under ICAR-All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Pearl millet (Cooperating Centre), ACRA, Rakh Dhiansar, Samba, SKUAST-Jammu, J&K UT during kharif 2019 and 2020. The main aim of the study was to assess the production potential and performance of twenty released pearl millet hybrids in sandy loam soils under rainfed conditions of Jammu region of J&K UT. Significantly higher growth characters, yield attributing parametres, yield of pearl millet grain/stover, harvest index and NPK uptake noted in hybrid GHB 732 and was followed by statistically similar other hybrids namely HHB 223, GHB 744, XMT 1497 and PB 1705. However, hybrid 86M86 registered the lowest values of all the parametres including grain and biological yields. The higher numerical values of economic returns viz., total (gross) returns, net profit, benefit:cost ratio and economic efficiency were also obtained by hybrid GHB 732. The attack of various diseases and insects was also lower in hybrid GHB 732 as compared to the other hybrids.

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Author Biography

Vikas Gupta, SKUAST-Jammu

Scientist (Agronomy)
Advanced Centre for Rainfed Agriculture, Rakh Dhiansar, Samba, Jammu-181133

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