Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Shivam Yadav, Dr. Joy Dawson and Lalit Kumar Sanodiya

Abstract:
Field experiment was conducted on fodder pearl millet during Zaid season of 2021, at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj (U.P). The treatments consist of Levels of bio-fertilizer viz.- Control, Pseudomonas fluorescens at 15 g, Azotobacter chroococum at 15 g and Trichoderma viride at 5g and three zinc levels viz. 5, 15 and 25 kg ZnSO4 per ha. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The results showed that maximum plant height (96.92 cm), dry matter (38.49 g/plant), Number of tillers per plant (5.86) and green fodder yield (41.19 kg/plot) and fodder yield (45.76 t/ha) of fodder pearl millet at first cut, respectively; and economics viz. gross return (114400 INR/ha) net return (71536 INR/ha) and B:C ratio (.67) were recorded with Azotobacter chroococum at 15g/kg seed + Zinc at 25kg /ha) ratio than rest of the levels of zinc.