Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Suman Kantwa, LR Yadav, AC Shivran, Sunita Gupta, DK Jajoria, Kiran Gaur, SK Dadhich, Priyanka Kantwa and Vinod Kantwa

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) during kharif seasons of the 2021 and 2022 to study the Response of hybrid pearl millet to mulching, biofertilizers and nitrogen management practices grown on loamy sand soils of semi-arid eastern plain zone of Rajasthan. Results showed that Mustard straw mulch @ 2.5 t/ha gave significantly higher yield attributes (number of effective tillers per metre row length, ear head length, ear head diameter, weight of grains per ear and number of grains per ear) leading to increased grain yield (1930 kg/ha), stover yield (3748 kg/ha) and biological yield (5678 kg/ha) over control on pooled data basis. Results showed that Liquid Azospirillium gave significantly higher yield attributes (number of effective tillers per metre row length, ear head length, ear head diameter, weight of grains per ear and number of grains per ear) leading to increased grain yield (1954 kg/ha), stover yield (3742 kg/ha) and biological yield (5697 kg/ha) over control on pooled data basis. Results further indicated that among nitrogen management practices 50% RDN through urea + 0.2% foliar spray of nano urea at 30 DAS proved significantly superior for yield attributes (number of effective tillers per metre row length, ear head length, ear head diameter, weight of grains per ear, number of grains per ear and test weight) and grain yield (1919 kg/ha), stover yield (3742 kg/ha), biological yield (5661 kg/ha) over control and remained at par with treatment RDN through urea and 0.2% foliar spray of nano urea on mean pooled data basis.