Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Bhumika Painkra, Ashwani Kumar Thakur, Manish Kumar, Tejpal Chandraker and Devendra Pratap Singh

Abstract:
A study was conducted on finger millet to investigate the effect of finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] on growth, yield, Water use efficiency and economics as affected by mulching and hydrogel application at New Upland Research cum Instructional (NURI) Farm, Lamker under S. G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India during Kharif, 2021. The experiment was carried out in randomized bock design with three replications. The study has been carried out with different treatment combinations of mulching and hydrogel. T₈, Sowing with crop residue mulch @ 5.0 t ha^-1 + Hydrogel @ 7.5 kg ha^-1 gave significantly higher grain yield, Straw yield and yield attributing character, growth character and water use efficiency as compared to other treatment. The treatment combination sowing with crop residue mulch @ 5.0 t ha^-1 + Hydrogel @ 5.0 kg ha^-1 were found at par with this treatment T₈. These results indicate that mulch along with hydrogel proved to be useful in achieving the higher yield and net returns.