Effect of azotobacter, farmyard manure and nitrogen fertilization on productivity of pearl millet hybrids ( Pennisetum Glaucum (L) r. br) in semi-arid tropical environment

Singh, R. and Singh, D.P. and Tyagi, P.K. (2003) Effect of azotobacter, farmyard manure and nitrogen fertilization on productivity of pearl millet hybrids ( Pennisetum Glaucum (L) r. br) in semi-arid tropical environment. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science , 49 (1). pp. 21-24.

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Abstract

The field experiments were conducted with three pearl millet hybrids (viz., HHB-50, HHB-60, HHB-67) under twelve combinations of bio-fertilizer ( Azotobacter chrooccocum ), 5t FYM ha m 1 and four levels of mineral nitrogen (40, 80, 120, 160 kg N ha m 1 ) during two monsoon seasons at the research farm of the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. The results revealed that the hybrids HHB-50 and HHB-60 were significantly higher yielder than the HHB-67. In general, increased levels of fertilizer application improved grain yield and soil water use through remarkable improvement in different growth and yield attributing characters. However, yield advantages varied significantly under different fertility levels. The grain yield was almost 1.5 fold with 5t FYM + bio-fertilizer ha m 1 and two fold with 40 kg N + 5t FYM + bio-fertilizer ha m 1 over control (no fertilizer). Thus, these combinations of low input system of integrated nutrient management could be most beneficial to obtain relatively good yields of pearl millet hybrids by resource poor farmers of semi-arid tropical environment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Azotobacter Chrooccocum, Farmyard Manure, Mineral Nitrogen, Integrated Nutrient Management, Pearl Millet Hybrids, Growth Characters, Yield Attributes, Yield
Author Affiliation: Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125 004
Subjects: Plant Protection
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Millet
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2012 12:43
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2012 12:44
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340301498
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4112

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