Growth and yield of browntop millet as influenced by dates of sowing and nitrogen levels

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2019 at College Farm, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad to study the effect of dates of sowing and nitrogen levels on growth and yield of browntop millet. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with 16 treatment combinations and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of four dates of sowing viz., D1-June 15th, D2- June 30th, D3-June 15th, D4-July 30th and four nitrogen levels viz., N1-0 kg ha-1, N2-20 kg ha-1, N3-40 kg ha-1, N4-60 kg ha-1. The results revealed that among the dates of sowing, plant height, leaf area at 60 DAS and dry matter production at harvest, effective tillers hill-1, panicle length, weight of panicle, number of grains panicle-1, grain and straw yield were significantly higher with D1-June 15th sowing and among nitrogen levels, N4-60 kg ha-1 recorded higher plant height, leaf area and dry matter production at harvest, number of effective tiller hill-1,panicle length, weight of panicle, number of grains panicle-1, grain and straw yield but it was on par with N3-40 kg ha-1.