Studies on Nutrient Management in Nutricereal - Browntop Millet

Author: Sukanya T.S., Nagaraja T. E., Kiran H.P., Anand M.R., Chaithra C. and Latha H.S.

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Abstract

Millets are low nutrient-demanding crops, but they respond well to the addition of nutrients. So far, the exact requirements of major nutrients for Browntop millet have not been worked out and established and the productivity achieved is far below than their potential productivity. Hence, a field experiment was conducted during the kharif seasons of 2019 and 2020 in the red sandy loamy soil of GKVK, Bengaluru to identify the effect of different nutrient levels on yield, nutrient uptake, and available nutrients in the soil of Browntop millet cultivation. There were fourteen treatments replicated thrice under a randomised complete block design. The treatments included three nitrogen levels (20, 40 and 60 kg N ha-1), phosphorus levels (20 and 30 kg P2O5 ha-1), two levels of potassium (10 and 20 kg K2O ha-1), and one treatment as control. Among the different nutrient levels, treatment with 60 N kg ha-1 + 30 P2O5 kg ha-1 + 20 K2O kg ha-1 (T12) recorded the highest grain and straw yields

Keywords

Brown top millet, Grain yield, Nutrient levels, Nitrogen, Phosphorous Nutrient uptake, Available nutrients.