Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Pradeep Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar, Munish Kumar and Anjani Kumar Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted on pearlmillet during Kharif, 2019-20 and 2020-21 at Soil Conservation and Water Management Farm of the Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur. Uttar Pradesh with six nutrient management N₁) Control, N₂) 100% NPK 80:40:40 kg ha^-1 through RDF, N₃) Green manuring + 75% NPK through RDF, N₄) Green manuring + FYM 10 t ha^-1, N₅) FYM@ 10 t ha-¹ + 75% NPK through RDF and N₆) FYM@ 10 t ha^-1 + 50% NPK through RDF) and three moisture conservation practices, M₁) Control, M₂) inter-row water harvesting and M₃) Ridge making at 25 DAS)in Factorial randomized block design with three replication. The results of experimental revealed that N₅) FYM@ 10 t ha-¹ + 75% NPK through RDF nutrient management treatment gave significantly highest production of grain yield (22.39 and 24.01q ha^-1), stover yield (55.21 and 59.38q ha^-1) and biological yield (86.95 and 93.40 q ha^-1) earned maximum gross return (57698 and 65494 Rs. ha^-1) and net return (24964 and 31892 Rs ha^-1) and B:C ratio (1:1.61 and 1:1.70) while minimum grain yield (q ha^-1) (11.98 and 12.78), stover yield (q ha^-1) (36.16 and 39.94) and biological yield (q ha^-1) (48.98 and 52.72) earned the minimum gross income (Rs. ha^-1) (31185 and 35420), net return (Rs. ha^-1) (8123 and 10683) and B:C ratio (1:1.35 and 1:1.43) calculated under the (M₁) control treatment during both the experimental years.