Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Effect of salinity on yield, yield attributes and quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) varieties
Author(s): Trupti R Ribadiya, SG Savalia, Bhumi M Vadaliya and Monali A Davara
Abstract: A pot experiment was conducted at Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh to assess the ‟Effect of salinity on bio-chemical parameters, nutrient composition and yield of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) varieties†during the summer season of 2017. The result revealed that the yield and yield attributes, quality parameters, bio-chemical parameters and nutrient uptake were significantly influenced by the different varieties of pearl millet and salinity levels. The variety V1 (GHB-538) exhibited its superiority in growth, yield and yield attributes like ear head length (20.21 cm), number of total tillers plant-1 (3.22), number of effective tillers plant-1 (2.56), grain: fodder ratio (0.56), grain yield (4.03 g plant-1) and quality parameters viz.100 seeds weight (0.98 g) among different tested varieties of pearl millet at harvest. Significantly the highest plant height (96.67 cm) was observed with variety V3 (GHB-732). The significant reduction of grain yield was observed mainly at the higher salinity (8 dS m-1) of irrigation water as compared to good quality water. Application of saline irrigation water at S1 (< 2 dS m-1) was observed superior over rest of the levels in grain yield (4.08g plant-1), plant height (105.83 cm), ear head length (21.22 cm), number of total tillers plant-1 (3.49), number of effective tillers plant-1 (2.25), grain-fodder ratio (0.50), fodder yield (8.22 g) and quality parameter viz.100 seeds weight (1.01 g). The combine effect of variety V1 (GHB-538) with salinity level S1 (< 2 dS m-1) gave significantly the highest grain yield, plant height, total tillers per plant, number of effective tillers per plant, test weight, RWC, chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, Na content in leaves at 45 DAS and in grain & fodder at harvest.
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Trupti R Ribadiya, SG Savalia, Bhumi M Vadaliya, Monali A Davara. Effect of salinity on yield, yield attributes and quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) varieties. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):878-882.
