Santosh Choudhary1, Seema Sharma2, Seema Yadav3 and Bahnu Pratap Ghasil4
1, 2,4Department of Agronomy, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura (SKNAU, Jobner) 302018, Rajasthan, India
3Department of Agronomy, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Email:santoshchoudhary0707@gmail.com
Received-18.04.2024, Revised-02.05.2024, Accepted-19.05.2024
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, RARI Durgapura, Jaipur, (Rajasthan) during kharif seasons of the 2022 and 2023 to study the Nitrogen and drought management in pearl millet through bio-organics practices grown on loamy sand soils of semi-arid condition of Rajasthan. All the treatments including bio-organics and seed priming had significant effect on soil properties, growth & yield of pearl millet. On pooled analysis, results showed that poultry manure + bio-mix (F3) recorded significantly maximum values of growth parameters (plant height, dry matter accumulation and total number of tillers /plant) and yield (grain yield (3.07 tonnes/ha), stover yield (6.95 tonnes/ha) and biological yield (10.01 tonnes/ha) over control and was remained at par with vermicompost + bio-mix (F2). Results showed that seed priming with abscisic acid @ 150 ppm (P3) observed significantly higher values of growth parameters (plant height, dry matter accumulation and total number of tillers/plant) and yield (grain yield (2.90 tonnes/ha), stover yield (6.61 tonnes/ha) and biological yield (9.51 tonnes/ha) over control and was being equivalent with salicylic acid @ 200 ppm (P2) on pooled data basis.
Keyword: Pearl millet, Bio-organics, Seed priming, Growth parameters, Yield
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