EFFECT OF DIFFERENT NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L) PEARL MILLET (Pennisetum glaucum L) CROPPING SYSTEM

BHAWANA SAHARAN¹*, R.S. YADAV², J.K. VERMA³, A.L. BIJARNIA^4
1Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan, India
²Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan, India
³Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan, India
⁴Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan, India
* Corresponding Author : bhawanasaharan@gmail.com

Received : 24-05-2018     Accepted : 22-06-2018     Published : 30-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 12       Pages : 6381 - 6384
Int J Agr Sci 10.12 (2018):6381-6384

Keywords : Growth, INM, Wheat, Pearl millet, Azotobacter, PSB and RDF
Academic Editor : Dr Anil Kumar, Dr Zahida Rashid
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bichhwal, Bikaner, 334006, Rajasthan, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A field experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replications comprising different treatment combinations i.e., control, 50%, 75% and 100% RDF, 50% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1), 75% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1), 100% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1), 50% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1) + Azotobacter + PSB, 75% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1) + Azotobacter + PSB and 100% RDF + FYM (5 t ha-1) + Azotobacter + PSB. Incorporation of 75% RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1 + Azotobacter + PSB in wheat, significantly increased all the growth and yield attributes and yield of wheat over control and other treatments but remained statistically at par with 100% RDF + 5t FYM ha-1 + Azotobacter + PSB. Fertilizers (i.e., 0, 50% and 75% RDF) mainly 75% RDF to pearl millet also significantly increased the yield attributes and yield of pearl millet. It was revealed that different nutrient management treatments applied in wheat and pearl millet gave significant effect on wheat-pearl millet cropping system.

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