INFLUENCE OF DATES OF SOWING AND VARIETIES ON FLOWERING, GROWTH AND YIELD OF FINGER MILLET

N.V. SARALA¹*, M. SHANTHI PRIYA², L. MADHAVILATHA³, B. VAJANTHA⁴, M. HEMANTH KUMAR^5
1Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
²Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
³Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
⁴Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
⁵Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
* Corresponding Author : saralaangrau@gmail.com

Received : 03-09-2022     Accepted : 27-09-2022     Published : 30-09-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 9       Pages : 11625 - 11627
Int J Agr Sci 14.9 (2022):11625-11627

Keywords : Sowing dates, Varieties, Growth, Flowering and Yield Component
Academic Editor : Mattepally Vikram Sai, G. Zsivanovits, Dr Hemangi Mehta, Abdul Khalil Gardezi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Agricultural Research Station, Perumallaplle, 517505, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522034, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study was conducted during rabi season of the year 2021-2022 to quantify the performance and variability for growth, flowering, yield and yield contributing characters of finger millet against different dates of sowing (15th October, 15th November and 15th December) under irrigated dry conditions at Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh. Experiment was carried out with three fingermillet varieties against three dates of sowing. Results revealed that finger millet yield and its attributes were significantly affected by different dates of sowing and different varieties. Crop growth, yield and yield attributing characters in terms of number of tillers/m2, number of panicles/m2, number of grains/panicle, grain yield of fingermillet crop were recorded significantly. Comparative study of different sowing dates of fingermillet revealed that the variety Tirumala recorded a highest grain yield of 2593 kg ha-1 when sown on November 15th while the lowest was 2195 kg ha-1 recorded by Srichaitnaya sown on December 15th. The reason for these good yields in November 15th sown crop may be attributed to the fact that flowering is initiated only after the plants have put up proper vegetative growth resulting in higher chlorophilic leaf area improving the photosynthetic efficiency of plants

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