Morphological and Yield Response of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) as Influenced by Different Accessions and Cutting Management under Saline Irrigation Water in North Western Region of India

Abstract

A experiment was carried out in 2015 under Factorial RBD with treatments consisting 20 pearl millet accession and 2 cutting management [C1-Single cut at 50 DAS for green fodder and left for grain purpose, C2-three cut for green fodder purpose at 50, 80 and 110 DAS] under saline irrigation water (EC~6dS m-1). Irrespective of cutting management ICFH -15, ICFH -16, ICFH -17 recorded significantly highest value for plant height, Number of leaves, tillers, stem girth, fodder yield, net return and benefit cost ratio than rest others. Among cutting management treatment C1 (for dual purpose) proved superior in comparison to C2 (Multicut purpose). Therefore, our results suggest that accession ICFH -15, ICFH -16, ICFH -17 for dual purpose might be adapted as a strategy for getting higher Green fodder yield under saline environment in north-western region of India and elsewhere under similar agro-climatic conditions.