PRODUCTIVITY OF BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare L.) GENOTYPES TO INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND BROAD BED AND FURROW METHOD OF CULTIVATION IN WATERSHED AREA

SHANTVEERAYYA¹*, C.P. MANSUR², S.C. ALAGUNDAGI³, S.R. SALAKINKOP^4
1Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, Karnataka, India.
²Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, Karnataka, India.
³Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, Karnataka, India.
⁴Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, Karnataka, India.
* Corresponding Author : shantuagricos@gmail.com

Received : 23-06-2015     Accepted : 14-07-2015     Published : 04-08-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 4       Pages : 497 - 501
Int J Agr Sci 7.4 (2015):497-501

Keywords : Soil moisture, 50% flowering, INM, Broad bed and furrow, yield attributes
Academic Editor : Vishwajith KP, Dr Lawal Mohammad Anka
Conflict of Interest : None declared

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2013-14 and 2014 -15 in farmer’s field at model watershed, Neeralkatti village, Dharwad district of Karnataka to study the yielding ability of barley genotypes to INM and in situ moisture conservation practices. Significantly higher soil moisture was recorded in broad bed and furrow (BBF) at 0-15 and 15-30 cm depth at all the growth stages compared to flat bed. Significantly higher grain yield was obtained with genotype DWRB-73 sown on BBF with the application of RDF (50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM) i.e. (BBF x DWRB-73 x RDF, 2122 kg ha-1) compared to rest of the interactions except it was on par with genotype DWRB-73 planted on BBF with the application of 75% N through urea + 25% N through vermicompost and recommended P through inorganics (2060 kg ha-1). Similarly higher number of productive tillers per m row length (108.5), higher spike length (11.0 cm) and more test weight (62.5 g) was significantly higher with genotype DWRB-73 sown on BBF with the application of RDF (50:25:0 N:P2O5:K2O kg ha-1 + 7 t ha-1 FYM) which was on par with application of 75% N through urea + 25% N through vermicompost and recommended P through inorganics.