Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Asodariya SR, Rajani AV, Jadeja AS, Vora TV and Hirpara DV

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during summer season of 2020 to evaluate effect of soil application of potassium and zinc on growth and yield components of biofortified pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] under south Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The experiment comprising of four levels of potassium viz., 0, 40, 60 and 80 kg K2O ha-1 and three levels of zinc viz., 0, 10 and 20 kg Zn ha-1 and experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. The results revealed that the growth, yield attributes and yields were significantly influenced by the various levels of potassium and zinc. The application of potassium 80 kg K2O ha-1 and zinc 20 kg Zn ha-1 significantly increased the plant height, total tillers per plant, effective tillers per plant, earhead length, earhead girth, test weight, grain yield and stover yield.