Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Shubha S, Vivek S Devaranavadagi and Shivalingappa Hotkar

Abstract:
A field demonstration was carried out at Hadagali village, Vijayapur district on Vertisols during Kharif 2017-18 and 2018-19 to study the effect of wide row spacing on pearl millet under rainfed conditions of Karnataka. The results indicated that wide row spacing conserved 44.82 and 63.80 per cent more soil moisture as compared to farmer’s practice treatments for 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively. Wide row spacing showed better performance for plant height, grain yield, fodder yield, gross return, net return and BC ratio over farmer’s practice. Wide row spacing practice also exhibited higher grain yield of pearl millet 2368 kg ha^-1 and 2402 kg ha^-1 (for 2017-18 and 2018-19), fodder yield 4749 kg ha^-1 and 4880 kg ha^-1 (for 2017-18 and 2018-19), gross return Rs. 30256 ha^-1 and Rs. 31645 ha^-1 (for 2017-18 and 2018-19), net return Rs. 25250 ha^-1 and Rs. 24578 ha^-1 (for 2017-18 and 2018-19) and BC ratio 2.77 and 2.92 (for 2017-18 and 2018-19).