PRIYANKA*, ANIL KUMAR YADAV AND SONIA RANI
Department of Agronomy, Department of Soil Science
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail: priyakanger@gmail.com)
(Received: 1 September 2024; Accepted: 26 September 2024)
SUMMARY
A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2021 at Research Farm Area of Bajra Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to study the influence of different tillage and nutrient management practices on stover yield of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.). The experiment was laid out in split plot design having three replications with four main plot of tillage practices and four sub plot of nutrient management treatments The tillage practices include CT1-Conventional tillage (two harrow + one cultivator and planking + two inter culture operations by kasola at 15-20 & 30-35 DAS), CT2-Conventional tillage (two harrow + one cultivator and planking + one inter culture operations by kasola at 21-28 DAS), MT1-Minimum tillage (one harrow + one cultivator and planking + two inter culture operations by kasola at 15-20 & 30-35 DAS) and MT2-Minimum tillage (one harrow + one cultivator and planking + one inter culture operations by kasola at 21-28 DAS) whereas, nutrient management had F1-100% RDF, F2-75% N through RDF + 2.5 t/ha FYM, F3-50% N through RDF + 5.0 t/ha FYM and F4-100% N through FYM treatments. The tillage practice CT1-Conventional tillage (two harrow + one cultivator and planking + two inter culture operations by kasola at 15-20 & 30-35 DAS) was found significantly superior from other treatments and recorded highest plant population (136.5 000/ha), plant height (185.9 cm), leaf area (1573.6 cm2), LAI (3.50) at 40 DAS and stover yield (77.25 q/ha) whereas, among nutrient management F2-75% N through RDF + 2.5 t ha-1 FYM had the highest plant population (134.3 000/ha), plant height (186.1 cm), leaf area (1573.5 cm2), LAI (3.50) at 40 DAS and stover yield (76.44 q/ha).
Key words: Pearl millet, conventional tillage, minimum tillage, FYM and stover yield