Vol. 10, Issue 9 (2021)

Author(s):
Srishti Dipriya Minz, Alok Kumar Singh, Nasam Midhun Kumar and Bipin Kumar Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at RGSC Agricultural Research Farm, BHU, Barkachha, Mirzapur (UP) during kharif season of 2019-20 with aim to find out the effect of 3 crop geometry (45 x 15cm, 40 x 20cm and 30 x 20cm) and 4 levels of nitrogen management (0 kg N ha^-1, 100% RDN by urea, 75% RDN by urea + 25% RDN by OM, 50% by urea + 50% by OM) on pearlmillet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) under guava (Psidium guajava L.) based agri-horti system. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design and was replicated three times. Results of the experiment revealed that the crop geometry of spacing 40 x 20cm showed higher dry matter accumulation plant^-1, number of internode plant^-1, internode length, number of tillers plant^-1, Leaf area index, crop growth rate and relative growth rate of pearlmillet whereas higher plant height was recorded with crop geometry of 30 x 20cm. Moreover, the application of 100% RDN by urea exhibited higher in all growth parameters, over rest of the nitrogen management.