SUGANDHA* AND DINESH KUMAR
Silviculture & Forest Management Division,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India
*(e-mail : sugandha.grains@gmail.com)
(Received : 5 July 2022; Accepted : 4 August 2022)

SUMMARY

Livestock is the sub-sector of the agriculture sector that contributes directly to the livelihoods and food security of almost a billion people in India. It is estimated that by 2025,there will
be a 65% deficit in green fodder and a 25% deficit in dry fodder. Forests and village common lands, that have traditionally been the mainstay of sustaining this occupation, have already become degraded due to increasing biotic pressure and lack of adequate focus on their rehabilitation and management. Ensiling is one of a fodder preservation method to produce silage. Silage research is constantly increasing to meet the needs of agricultural systems and reduce the uncontrolled grazing pressure on forests. However, the adoption of this fodder preservation technique has not been widely approached in the country. A bibliometric method was applied to investigate the general situation of the research on silage in India with respect to other countries. The upward trend in the number of papers published confirms the rising need for silage as fodder alternatives in the world. India with 41 papers in comparison to the United States of America with 1371 papers, contributes very little in the area of research on ensiling. This paper explores the international advances in silage studies by analyzing articles published between 2011 and 2021 using VOSsviewer – a software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks.

Key words: Bibliometric analysis, fodder, silage, unsustainable grazing, VOSviewer

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MALATHI M. VIJAYAKUMAR, SEVA NAYAK DHEERAVATHU*, VENKATESWARLU RONDA,
USHA T. N, THULASI BAI VADITHE, SAIDA NAIK VADITHE, DHEERAVATHU VENKATESHWARLU, VIJAYA KUMAR G, NILAMANI DIKSHIT AND SATPAL
ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendra Nagar (Hyderabad), India
Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and
Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga (Karnataka), India
Department of Microbiology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), India
ANGRAU-Agricultural Research Station, Jangameswarapuram, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), India
CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute, Plant Cell Biotechnology Department,
Mysore (Karnataka), India
ANGRAU-Agricultural College, Bapatla, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), India
ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), India
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : sevanayak2005@gmail.com)
(Received : 10 September 2022; Accepted : 27 September2022)

SUMMARY

Owing to various anthropogenic activities, atmospheric CO₂ concentration continues to rise and in turn enhance average global temperature causing climate warming. Elevated atmospheric CO₂, enhances Ribulose1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (photosynthesis) activity and reduces
Ribulose1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase activity (photorespiration) in C₃ plants. Annual mean temperature has increased about 0.4 ºC over the last century. Increased temperature affects crop yield, as it shortens plant growth and developmental phases. With continued increase in population, crop yields must also increase to meet the future requirements of food and fodder. This article reviews the impact of elevated CO₂ and temperature on physiological and biochemical responses of cereals and forage crops and also the molecular adaptation strategies for the development of climateresilient crops for sustainable food and fodder security.

Key words: Climate change, molecular adaptation mechanism, cereals, forage crops

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VIKAS C. TYAGI*, J. SWAMY, N. DIKSHIT AND A. K. ROY
ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi-284 003, India
Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Koti, Hyderabad-500 095, Telangana, India
*(e-mail : tyagiv54@yahoo.in)
(Received : 04 August 2022; Accepted : 10 September 2022)

SUMMARY

The digitization of herbaria and its online access greatly facilitates its access around the world. A virtual herbarium named “Virtual herbarium of IGFRI” of the specimens preserved at ICARIndian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), Jhansi (UP), India has been developed. This initiative was a gesture of sharing information on plant diversity collected by the institute to make these data available to a broad community of users (scientists, educators, botanical community, general public etc.) via openly accessible, free data portals. The portal was optimized for computers, tablets and mobile platforms. The ICAR- IGFRI housed over 2500 historical collection specimens dating more than 70 years, belonging to 741 species, 344 genera and 62 families. The predominant families with maximum species represented are Poaceae (396), Fabaceae (82), Cyperaceae (40), Asteraceae (26) and Brassicaceae (13). Digitized images are available through https://vbigfri.icar.gov.in/
web address.

Key words: : Collections, database, digitization, IGFRI, specimen, virtual herbarium

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RAVI KUMAR*, ANIL DUHAN, SARITA SANGWAN, NEELAM YADAV, AJAY SINGH, DEEPAK KAUSHIK, RAJESH KUMAR ARYA*, GAJRAJ SINGH DAHIYA, JHABAR MAL SUTALIYA, VIPAN KUMAR, VIKASH YADAV AND PAWAN KUMAR
Department of Chemistry,
Medicinal, Aromatics and Potential Crops Section, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding,
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : ravibeniwal@hau.ac.in; a.duhan@rediffmail.com)
(Received : 05 September 2022; Accepted : 29 September 2022)

SUMMARY

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a protein rich leguminous crop having a host of bioactive phytochemicals in its mature seeds, green pods as well as leaves. These phytochemicals including phenolic compounds, flavonoids, bioactive peptides, resistant starch, dietary fibres, -aminobutyric acid (GABA), l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) etc.are mainly responsible for various biological activities like antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anti- malarial, anticancer, cholesterol-lowering etc., Keeping in view, the recent growing interest on plant based nutraceuticals and nutritional and health benefits of faba bean, it has been considered pertinent to review the biological activities shown by various plant parts of faba bean.

Key words: Faba bean, antibacterial, antifungal, L-DOPA, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, favism

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RUNDAN V. , PRAVEEN B. R.*, M. BHARGAVA NARASIMHA YADAV , VINITA, SHAIK NAZMA AND MANJUNATH TATTIMANI
Department of Agronomy, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580005 (Karnataka), India
Agronomy Section, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001 (Haryana), India
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences,
Dharwad 580005 (Karnataka), India
*(e-mail : praveengowdabr07@gmail.com)
(Received : 01 September 2022; Accepted : 27 September 2022)

SUMMARY

Cereal and legume based intercropping in fodder play an important role for providing a balanced diet to the livestock. The inclusion of legumes into cereal fodders has potential to enrich the fodder quality without compromising the quantity. However, it increases the total quantitative fodder production. Per capita land availability has been decreasing over the years and also, huge competition among the food crops created a tremendous pressure on the available land. In order to increase productivity per unit area, there is a need to evaluate the promising forage species having high forage yield potential and quality as well as compatibility for intercropping. The present review summarizes the benefits of intercropping on fodder yield and quality. Furthermore, it discusses the influence of intercropping on soil nutrient status, uptake and profitability, which has been revealed and cited by different scientists and researchers.

Key words: Cereal, legume, fodder, intercropping and quality

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RAKESH KUMAR AND PRAFULL KUMAR*
SGCARS, Jagdalpur, IGKV, Raipur (CG), India
*(e-mail : prafull397@gmail.com)
(Received : 25 August 2022; Accepted : 25 September 2022)

SUMMARY

The field study was performed at Research cum Instructional Farm of Shaheed Gundadhoor College of Agriculture and Research Station, Jagdalpur, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (CG), during Kharif- 2021 in an augmented randomized design with replicated checks including 54 germplasm accessions to evaluate the phenotypic traits related to forage potential in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) Mean sum of squares for analysis of variance revealed significant differences among blocks check and test entries for days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height and biological yield. The genotype with greatest blooming date was recorded by ICO 477312 (82 DAS) followed by ICO 477043 (80 DAS), GEC 275 (80 DAS), GEC 346 (79 DAS) and GEC 278 (77 DAS). Similarly for days to maturity GEC-353, ICO 476882 and ICO 477312 exhibited equal days to maturity i.e. (115 DAS) followed by GEC 278 (114 DAS) and GEC 275 (113 DAS). Referring to plant height, genotype ICO 477913 (106cm) followed by GEC 5 (105.70cm), ICO 47045 (96cm), GEC 400 (94cm) and GEC 417 (93.80cm). For biological yield GEC 199 (106.07 q/ha) followed by GEC 400 (104.89 q/ha), GEC 238 (101.63 q/ha), GEC 371 (89.78 q/ha) and ICO 477232 (83.85 q/ha). For fodder yield GEC 400 (71.41 q/ha) was noted as most dominating genotype referring to the breeding goal and subsequently GEC 238 (70.52 q/ha), GEC 199 (69.78 q/ha), GEC 371 (66.07 q/ha) and GEC 275 (60.00 q/ha) also demonstrated fair potential. To evaluate the crop phenotypically in association with fodder as objective, we determine that (70-80 DAS) of days to 50% flowering, (103-113 DAS) of days to maturity, (85-95cm) of plant height and (76-104 q/ha) of biological yield may be opted to maximize finger millet’s forage potential. We also recommend that GEC 400, GEC 238, GEC 199, GEC 371 and GEC 275 demonstrated good promise for forage yield and can be revalidated in next crop season followed by incorporation in replicated trials.

Key words: Finger millet, phenotypic traits, forage potential, germplasm accessions

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S. K. SINGH, MOHIT SINGH*, AKASH SINGH, L. K. GANGWAR, BALWANT SINGH** AND ATUL KUMAR SHUKLA**
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SVPUA&T, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), India
*Department of Ag. Extension, SHUATS, Allahabad, (Uttar Pradesh), India
**Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, BNPG College, Rath, Hamirpur, (Uttar Pradesh), India
*(e-mail : shivkumar661@yahoo.com)
(Received : 09 April 2022; Accepted : 08 August 2022)

SUMMARY

General and specific combining ability variances and their effects were studied for nine characters in line x tester mating design in forage sorghum. Study indicated the estimates of variance among line with respect to gca was observed highly significant for all the characters and variance among testers with respect to gca was recorded highly significant for all the attributes. The variances among crosses due to interaction between lines x testers genotypes with respect to sca showed highly significant for all the traits. General combining ability effects and per se performance among the lines G-48, Pant Chari-3, UP Chari-1, HC-308 and HC-171were emerged as good general combiners. F₁’s hybrids i.e.UP Chari-4 x HC-171, UP Chari-4 x HJ-541, Pant Chari-3 x HC-308 and CSV-15 x HJ541were identified as best specific combiners for maximum attributes including green fodder yield for other contributing traits, which may be utilized for obtaining transgressivesegregants in the next generation and also could be exploited for development of hybrids.

Key words: Sorghum bicolor, combining ability

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ROHIT KUMAR, MOHIT SINGH, S. K. SINGH*, AKASH SINGH, BALWANT SINGH AND ATUL KUMAR SHUKLA
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SVPUA&T, Meerut (U. P.), India
Department of Ag. Extension, SHUATS, Allahabad, (U. P.), India
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, BNPG College, Rath, Hamirpur, (U. P.), India
*(e-mail : shivkumar661@yahoo.com)
(Received : 01 August 2022; Accepted : 27 September 2022)

SUMMARY

Analysis of variance observed considerable differences among the genotypes for all the traits viz., days to 50% flowering, plant height, leaf length, leaf breadth, leaf area, stem girth, number of leaves per plant, leaf stem ratio, total soluble solids and green fodder yield, which indicates that wide spectrum of variation among the genotypes. Genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variation were showed high (more than 25%) for stem girth, leaf stem ratio and green fodder yield, indicating that scope of importance with respect to these characters through selection. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance were revealed for plant height, leaf breadth, leaf area, leaf stem ratio and green fodder yield, which indicates that preponderance of additive gene effects for these attributes and hence may prove useful for effective selection. Correlation coefficient studies indicated that phenotypic correlation coefficient were found to be higher than genotypic correlation coefficients for most of the characters, indicating the phenotypic expression of the association were influenced by the environmental factors among the various traits. Green fodder yield recorded significant and strong positive correlation with leaf area at both genotypic and phenotypic level. Therefore, this character is useful to the breeders in selecting suitable plant type. Path coefficient analysis exhibited high positive and direct influence of plant height, leaf breadth, stem girth and leaf stem ratio towards green fodder yield. In order to exercise a suitable selection programme it would be worth to concentrate on characters like plant height, leaf breadth, stem girth and leaf stem ratio controlling green fodder yield directly and days to 50% flowering and number of leaf area governing green fodder yield indirectly

Key words: Sorghum bicolor, path analysis

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HARSHANA*, ANIL KUMAR, CHANDER SHEKHAR, RAJ SINGH, MANOJ KUMAR, DINESH TOMAR, M. L. KHICHAR, S. K. THAKRAL AND MAMTA
Department of Agricultural Meteorology
Department of Statistics and Math, 3Department of Soil Science,
Department of Agronomy, COA, 5SMS, DAMU, KVK, Kurukshetra
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : marwalharshana7@gmail.com)
(Received : 14 July 2022; Accepted : 25 July 2022)

SUMMARY

Field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2020 and 2021 at Research farm, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS HAU, Hisar located at 29^o 10´ N latitude, 75^o 46´ E longitude and 215.2 m altitude for quantification of agro-meteorological observations of pearl millet genotypes under varying growing environments at rainfed conditions. The experiment was put in a factorial RBD design which comprised of three sowing dates viz. D₁ – second fortnight of June; D₂ – first fortnight of July and D₃ – second Fortnight of July and three different varieties viz., V₁ – GHB558, V₂ – HHB67 improved, and V₃ – HHB272 at different phenological stages with four replications. Among varieties, GHB558 (national check) absorbed more PAR followed by HHB272 and HHB67 improved at all crop growth stages. Significantly higher intercepted solar radiation was gained in D1 followed by D₂ and D₃ sown crop at 35 DAS, LAI max and physiological maturity, respectively during both crop seasons. Among varieties, GHB 558 variety received higher intercepted solar radiation at 35 DAS, LAI max and physiological maturity. First date of sowing recorded significantly higher chlorophyll content as compare to other dates of sowing. During both crop seasons, the higher canopy temperature was observed at physiological maturity. The canopy temperature increased with delay in sowing. A comparison between two years of study, the highest chlorophyll content was observed during crop season 2020 as compare to crop season 2021.

Key words: Pearl millet, PAR, LAI, Growing environment, Radiation

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SUNITA*, R. C. BAIRWA, SARITA AND PRAVEEN KUMAR NITHARWAL
Department of agronomy, College of Agriculture, SKRAU, Bikaner
Department of agronomy, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
ARS, S. K. Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner-334006 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : sunitarathore997@gmail.com)
(Received : 10 April 2022; Accepted : 28 April 2022)

SUMMARY

A field experiment was conducted at Instructional Farm,College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner during Rabi 2019-20 to study the “Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of fodder oats (Avena sativa L.)”. Fourteen INM treatment viz.100 % RDF, 100% RDF + FYM @ 20.0 t /ha, 100 % RDF + PSB, 100% RDF + PSB + Znso4 @ 12.5 kg /ha, 75% RDF, 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 5.0 t /ha, 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2.5 t /ha, 75% RDF + Vermicompost @ 2.5 t /ha + PSB, 75% RDF +Vermicompost @ 2.5 t /ha + ZnSO₄ @12.5 kg /ha, 75% RDF + FYM @ 20.0 t /ha,75% RDF + FYM @ 10.0 t /ha,75% RDF + FYM @ 10.0 t /ha + PSB,75% RDF + FYM @ 10.0 t /ha + PSB + ZnSO₄ @12.5kg/ha, Control (untreated) were laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The results revealed that application of all treatments were significant increased all growth and yield parameters, but 75% RDF + FYM @ 10 t /ha + PSB + ZnSO₄ @ 12.5 kg /ha gave highest plant growth, fresh and dry weight, green fodder yield /ha, leaf stem ratio over rest of the treatments, only 75% RDF + FYM @ 20.0 t /ha and 75% RDF + FYM @ 10.0 t/ha were found at par. This treatment also gave maximum returns as compare to rest of the treatments.

Key words: Fodder yield, INM, Net returns, PSB, Vermicompost etc.

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PAPPALA SWARAJ PAUL, GANGADHAR NANDA* AND NILANJAYA
Department of Agronomy, PG College of Agriculture, RPCAU, Pusa-818425 (Bihar), India
AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization, PG College of Agriculture, RPCAU, Pusa-818425 (Bihar), India
*(e-mail : gnanda@rpcau.ac.in)
(Received : 02 July 2022; Accepted : 16 August 2022)

SUMMARY

A field trial was conducted during Rabi season, 2020-21 to assess the perfomance of plant growth regulators on yield, nutrient uptake and quality of single cut oat. There were 11 treatments (triacontanol @ 10 ppm, triacontanol @ 20 ppm, mepiquat chloride @ 200 ppm, mepiquat chloride @ 300 ppm, salicylic acid @100 ppm, salicylic acid @ 200 ppm, NAA @ 20 ppm, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl @ 4 g a.i./ha, gibberellic acid @ 200 ppm, gibberellic acid @ 400 ppm and control) which were tested in RBD with three replications. Result revealed that green forage and dry matter yield was greater with mepiquat chloride @ 300 ppm than other treatments. However, application of NAA @ 20 ppm resulted higher nitrogen and potassium uptake and crude protein content and yield. Economic analysis indicated NAA @ 20 ppm gave the highest net return and benefit:cost ratio.

Key words: Oat, mepiquat chloride, NAA, yield, quality, economics

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NAVYA M. V.* AND USHA C. THOMAS
AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization,
College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), India
*(e-mail : navyavsnn@gmail.com)
(Received : 12 September 2022; Accepted : 29 September 2022)

SUMMARY

A field experiment was conducted at AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala during October 2020 to April 2021 to study the influence of variation in levels and frequency of magnesium fertilization on yield and nutrient uptake of Bajra Napier hybrid. The experiment was laid out in factorial RBD with nine treatments replicated thrice. The treatment combinations included three levels of magnesium [M₁– 80 kg/ha, M₂ – 100 kg/ha and M₃ – 120 kg/ha] and three frequency of application [F₁ – split application once in 3 months, F₂ – split application once in 4 months and F₃ – split application once in 6 months]. Results of the study revealed that during the study period highest mean green and dry fodder yield and N and P uptake was recorded with split application of 100 kg MgSO₄/ha given once in 6 months. However significantly higher potassium uptake was recorded with split application of 80 kg MgSO₄/ha once in 6 months. The magnesium level of 100 kg MgSO₄/ha given once in 3 months recorded the highest Mg uptake.

Key words: Bajra Napier hybrid, dry fodder yield, green fodder yield, magnesium fertilization, nutrient uptake

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SHWETA, KAVITA*, NEELAM, MEENA SEHWAG, SATPAL, KAMLA MALIK AND BISHAN SINGH
Department of Agronomy,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : kavita.yadav@hau.ac.in)
(Received : 14 July 2022; Accepted : 5 August 2022)

SUMMARY

A field experiment was conducted at CCS HAU, Hisar in randomized block design with thirteen treatments and replicated thrice to evaluate the efficiency of maize based intercropping systems by
taking green gram, urdbean, groundnut and okra in two different proportions (planting geometries). Intercropping of maize with different crops (groundnut, urdbean, okra, green gram) was observed more profitable in terms of Land equivalent ratio (LER) as compared to sole planting. Okra crop was found most suitable and compatible intercrop for intercropping in maize. In terms of planting geometries tested for intercropping, paired row planting of maize at 45:60 cm along with two rows of intercropping between two pairs was found more efficient and profitable as compared to 1:1 row pattern of maize +intercrop. Among all the intercropping treatments, paired row maize (45:60 cm)+ two rows of okra recorded higher LER (1.54) and maize equivalent yield (10324 kg/ha) which were 54.0 and 69.7 percent higher than sole maize crop, respectively. Maize seed yield was observed highest with green gram intercropping in both paired row planting and 1 : 1 planting geometry while, equivalent yield was observed maximum with okra based intercropping system in both planting geometry.

Key words: Maize, intercropping, LER, MEY

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KAVITA*, AMARJEET NIBHORIA, BIKRAM SINGH AND PREETAM KUMAR
Department of Agronomy,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : kavita.yadav@hau.ac.in)
(Received : 14 July 2022; Accepted : 03 August 2022)

SUMMARY

A field experiment was conducted at Regional Research Station, Bawal (CCS HAU, Hisar) in Rabi, 2019-20 on barley crop grown in split plot design with three main plot and six sub plot treatments and replicated thrice owing to a total of fifty four plots. The experiment was carried out on dual purpose six rowed barley variety BH 393 to study the efficacy of agrochemicals under different irrigation levels in improving growth, yield and quality. Results of the experiment revealed that among different irrigation levels, treatment with two irrigation levels performed significantly better than other irrigation levels. Spray of salicylic acid (T₄), potassium nitrate (T₆) and combination of Tragacanth katira and salicylic acid (T₅) significantly improved growth, quality parameters and yield of barley crop. I₂ (two irrigation) among irrigation levels and T₅ (combination of Tragacanth katira @ 2.5 kg ha-1 + foliar spray of SA @ 200 ppm at booting and grain formation) treatment among agrochemicals were found most productive (17.2 and 21.8 % higher grain yield over control, respectively). Protein content was improved by 20.7 and 16.4 per cent with two irrigation and combination of Tragacanth katira with salicylic acid, respectively, among irrigation levels and agrochemicals.

Key words: Irrigation, potassium nitrate, salicylic acid, Tragacanth katira

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GANGADHAR NANDA* AND NILANJAYA
AICRP on Forage Crops and Utilization, PG College of Agriculture
RPCAU, Pusa-818425 (Bihar), India
*(e-mail : gnanda@rpcau.ac.in)
(Received : 02 August 2022; Accepted : 05 September 2022)

SUMMARY

A field investigation was undertaken at AICRP on Forage crops and utilization, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa during Kharif season, 2021 to study the response of pearl millet genotypes to different N levels. The experiment was conducted in factorial randomized block design with seven genotypes and four nitrogen levels (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg N/ha) with three replications. The results revealed that genotype Dev-1 recorded 53.4, 58.8, 63.4% higher green forage yield (GFY), dry matter yield (DMY) and crude protein yield (CPY), respectively than national check and 17.2, 22.1 and 22.3% higher GFY, DMY and CPY, respectively than zonal check. Similarly, application of 90 kg N/ha recorded 5.8, 9.9 and 12.4% higher GFY, DMY and CPY, respectively than application of 60 kg N/ha. Among genotypes, JPM-18-1 had the highest agronomic efficiency of N (AEN) in term of GFY (334.96 kg GFY/kg N applied) and DMY (103.08 kg DM/kg N applied) while application of lower dose of N (30 kg/ha) recorded the highest respective AEN (292.27 kg GFY/kg N applied and 89.47 kg DM/kg N applied). Among genotypes, significantly higher net return (Rs.63708/ha) and B:C ratio (3.44) was achieved with genotype Dev-1. Among N levels, application of the highest dose (90 kg/ha) registered the highest net return (Rs. 55007/ha) and B:C ratio (3.07).

Key words: Pearl millet, green fodder yield, nitrogen use efficiency, quality, economics

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