Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Yield and economics of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)) as influenced by moisture conservation practices and zinc fertilization under rainfed conditions
Author(s): Saroj Kumari Yadav, BL Dudwal, Sarita and JK Yadav
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) during kharif, 2017 to find out the effect of moisture conservation practices and zinc fertilization on growth, yield and quality of pearl millet. The experiment consisted of 20 treatment combinations of five moisture conservation practices i.e. control, dust mulch, pusa hydrogel, stover mulch and pusa hydrogel + stover mulch and four zinc fertilization levels i.e. control, 2 kg Zn/ha, 4 kg Zn/ha and 6 kg Zn/ha. Among moisture conservation practices stover mulch proved significantly superior to control, dust mulch, pusa hydrogel with respect to grain yield (2511), stover yield (5765) and biological yield (8276) but remained at par with pusa hydrogel + stover mulch. Significantly higher net returns (₹ 41117/ha) and B: C ratio (1.80) were achieved under treatment stover mulch over rest of the treatments. Results further indicated that grain, stover and biological yield, harvest index, net returns and B: C ratio significantly increased with zinc fertilization @ 4 kg Zn/ha over control and 2 kg Zn/ha which remained at par with 6 kg Zn/h
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Saroj Kumari Yadav, BL Dudwal, Sarita, JK Yadav. Yield and economics of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)) as influenced by moisture conservation practices and zinc fertilization under rainfed conditions. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):1755-1757.
