PERFORMANCE OF FORAGE PEARL MILLET GENOTYPES UNDER
DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS
L. K. MIDHA, SATYAWAN ARYA, PUMMI KUMARI AND U. N. JOSHI
Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : midhalalit55@gmail.com)
(Received : 28 July 2015; Accepted : 20 September 2015)
SUMMARY
A field experiment was conducted at main Forage Research Area of Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCSHAU, Hisar during kharif 2012 to find out the relative performance of pearl millet genotypes at different nitrogen levels for high forage production. The treatments consisting of four pearl millet genotypes [NDFB-904, PAC-981, Raj Bajra Chari (NC) and Giant Bajra (NC)] and four nitrogen levels (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg N/ha) were laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. The genotype Giant Bajra significantly outyielded all the other three genotypes. The growth and fodder yield of pearl millet genotypes were also influenced significantly by different nitrogen levels. The application of 90 kg N/ha produced 45, 18 and 8 per cent higher green fodder yield and 51, 22 and 13 per cent higher dry matter yield over 0, 30 and 60 kg N/ha, respectively.
Key words:Dry matter yield, nitrogen, crude protein, pearl millet