Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Manoj Kumar, RC Meena, Moola Ram, Supriya, Jagdish Prasad Bishnoi, Vikas Khandelwal, BR Beniwal and C Tara Satyavathi

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted in RBD with three replications at the research farm of ICAR-AICRP on Pearl Millet, Project Coordinating Unit, Jodhpur during Kharif 2021 for the quantification of individual production factors of management towards productivity of pearl millet. The performance of hybrid MPMH 17 was evaluated with 8 treatments viz., T₁: Full package & practices of the location [(RDF+ ZnSO₄ @ 25 kg/ha+ FeSO₄ @ 0.5-0.75% at 20-25 DAS + bioinoculant seed treatment + thinning & gap filling + weeding & hoeing (3 & 5 Weeks after sowing)+ Irrigation], T₂: T₁- RDF, T₃: T₁- ZnSO₄ @ 25 kg/ha, T₄: T₁- FeSO₄ @ 0.5-0.75% at 20-25 DAS, T₅: T₁- bioinoculant seed treatment, T₆: T₁- thinning & gap filling, T₇: T₁- weeding & hoeing (3 & 5 Weeks after sowing) and T₈: T₁-Irrigation. The data revealed that the grain yield was reduced by 14.6, 19.8, 21.3, -5.5, 22.7, 15.6 and 12.8% when RDF, ZnSO₄, FeSO₄, Bioinoculant, thinning & gap filling, weeding & hoeing and irrigation were not applied. The stover yield was reduced by 14.7, 18.3, 21.2, -5.8, 20.2, 15.0 and 12.1%, respectively. The gross returns across the treatments reduced from 12.5 to 21.9% as compared to full package and practices whereas, the net returns reduction was between 0.72 to 27.7%.