V. GOYAL AND K. K. BHARDWAJ
Department of Soil Science
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail: vishal_goyal11@rediffmail.com)
(Received: 31 January 2026; Accepted: 5 March 2026))
SUMMARY
The soil test crop response based fertilizer prescription equations under integrated nutrient supply for achieving the targeted yields of pearl millet were verified for irrigated farming areas at different farmers’ fields during kharif 2020 and 2021. Seven fertilizer treatments were implemented which included control; farmers practice (FP); generalized package recommendations (PR), STCR recommendations for 30 & 35 q/ha (TY-30 & TY-35) 3 grain yield target with fertilizers alone; and with fertilizer and FYM (TY-30 FYM & TY-35 FYM under irrigated conditions. The results showed that mean grain yield was highest for TY-35 FYM in irrigated for both the years followed by TY-35, TY-30 FYM, TY-30, PR, FP and Control. The response to fertilizer application also followed the same trend. Under irrigated conditions, the yield targets of 30 & 35 q/ha were achieved within deviations of -5.0 to +2.1 and -5.3 to +0.7 per cent, respectively. For integrated plant nutrient supply, it varied between -3.7 to + 3.2 and -3.6 to + 0.6 per cent for yield targets of 30 & 35 q/ha, respectively. These deviations (±10 %) in the yield indicated the validity of fertilizer prescription equations for targeted yields of pearl millet under irrigated farming areas of Hisar district. The economics of the fertilizer application also indicated that marginal B:C ratio of the two years varied between 3.42 to 7.22 and 4.63 to 5.49 for different farmers field locations and years (kharif 2017 and 2018) of Hisar district of Haryana under irrigated conditions, respectively. The marginal B:C ratio under different treatments are viable and remunerative. Therefore, farmers should go for 25 & 18 q/ha seed yield target under irrigated and dryland areas, respectively. Also, 20 & 15 q/ha seed yield target can be adopted under resource constraint situations.
Key words: Pearl millet, target yield equation, verification, Economics, Haryana