Effect of Spacing and Phosphorous Levels on Growth and Yield of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.)

Author: Baddipadige Prem Sai Reddy, Rajesh Singh, Ekta Singh and Punnam Chhetri

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Abstract

A field trial become executed at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy. Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj in Zaid 2021 to decide the effect of spacing and phosphorous levels on growth and yield of finger millet. The accommodates of three spacings viz., (30 × 10 cm, 45 × 10 cm, 60 × 10 cm) and three Phosphorous levels (20 kg/ha P, 30kg/ha S and 40 kg/ha S). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine remedies every replicated thrice. The end result confirmed that utility of phosphorous on numerous spacings confirmed vast varient for growth and yield parameters. Among all of the remedies, utility of 40 kg P with 60 cm row spacing recorded maximum Plant height (86.41 cm), No. of tillers/plant (12.54), plant dry-weight (14.68 g), No. of fingers/plant (6.71), Test weight (3.09 g/1000 seeds) while utility of 40 kg P with 30 cm row spacing recorded grain yield of (2.94 t/ha) and straw yield (6.22 t/ha) and Harvest Index (32.11 %). However, the Maximu

Keywords

Finger Millet, Phosphorus, Spacing, Tillers, Fingers, growth and yield