COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON PRODUCTIVITY AND SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN FINGER MILLET + PIGEONPEA INTERCROPPING SYSTEM
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COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON PRODUCTIVITY AND SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN FINGER MILLET + PIGEONPEA INTERCROPPING SYSTEM
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MALLAREDDY
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M N, THIMMEGOWDA
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field experiment was conducted during Kharif - 2013 at AICRP on Dry land Agriculture Field Unit, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, to study the “Comparative efficacy of different moisture conservation practices on productivity and soil moisture dynamics in finger millet + pigeonpea intercropping system” on red sandy loam soil. The experiment consisted of ten treatments comprising of maize residue mulch, green leaf manure application, tank silt application, repeated inter-cultivation in isolation and combinations of treatments Green leaf manure with maize residue mulch recorded higher finger millet equivalent yield (4460 kg ha-1) followed by tank silt with maize residue mulch (4244 kg ha-1) and tank silt with repeated inter-cultivation (4244 kg ha-1). Similar trends were also observed in finger millet and pigeonpea yield. This was due to higher growth and yield attribute viz., plant height, number of tillers, leaf area, grain yield per hill and 1000 grain weight in case of finger millet and higher plant height, more number of primary branches per plant, more number of pods per plant and 100 grain weight in pigeonpea. Higher soil moisture content (6.14 %) and relative leaf water content (75.88 %) was observed in green leaf manure with maize residue mulch during dry spell. Similar trend was also observed in nutrient uptake and root character. The study clearly indicates that green leaf manure or tank silt with maize residue mulch improves the productivity and moisture holding capacity of the soil. |
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2016-10-25T12:21:18Z
2016-10-25T12:21:18Z 2014-07-07 |
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Thesis
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TH-10767
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81782 |
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en
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application/pdf
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
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