Cultivars and Integrated Nutrient Management Influence on Summer Pearl Millet

Abstract

The effect of different cultivars and integrated nutrient management practices on summer pearl millet has been studied in an experiment conducted at College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar. This study was carried out during Summer season, 2017 in sandy loam soil. It comprised of three cultivars namely, ICMV-221 (C1), Dhanashakti (C2) and PHB-3 (C3) and three integrated nutrient management practices i.e 100% RDF (F1), 75% RDF + 25% N through vermicompost (F2) and 75% RDF + Biofertilizers @ 5 kg ha -1 (F3) incubated with vermicompost @ 500 kg ha -1 (F3) which were tested under Factorial randomised block design in three replications. Growth, yield and economics was found to rise with C3 among the three cultivars. Application of integrated nutrient management practices resulted in increased growth, yield and economics of pearl millet with F3.