Umrani, N.K. and Bhoi, P.G. and Gund, M.D. and Patil, N.D. (1977) New technology for dryland rabi sorghum. Indian Farming, 27 (5). pp. 3-4.
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Abstract
The new technology package for the cultivation of sorghum in the rabi [winter] season under dryland conditions of Sholapur district, Maharashtra, is described. The ingredients of the new technolgy are sowing in the 1st wk of Sept. using cv. M 35-1, seed treatment with carbofuran, a density of 100 000 plants/ha in rows 45 cm apart, application of 50 kg N + 25 kg P2O5/ha and 2 dustings of 10% BHC at 20 kg/ha, against the conventional method of sowing in the 1st wk of Oct. using a local cv., no seed treatment, a population of 50 000-60 000 plants/ha in rows 30 cm apart, no fertilizer and 1 dusting of BHC. The 3-yr av. grain and fodder yields were 1.34 and 6.79 t/ha, resp., with the new technology against 0.39 and 1.65 t with the conventional method
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | All-India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Sholapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2012 08:02 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2012 08:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5561 |
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