STUDIES ON N, P AND BIOFERTILIZER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND ...

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STUDIES ON N, P AND BIOFERTILIZER
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH,
YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF PEARL
MILLET [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]

BY
NEERAJ YADAV
B.Sc. (Ag.)

THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE ACHARYA N. G. RANGA
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
(AGRONOMY)

CHAIRPERSON: Dr. Ch. PULLA RAO

DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, BAPATLA - 522 101
ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD - 500 030
2014
DECLARATION

I, NEERAJ YADAV, hereby declare that the thesis entitled “Studies
on N, P and Biofertilizer management practices on growth, yield and
nutrient uptake of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]”
submitted to the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University for the
degree of Master of Science in Agriculture in the major field of Agronomy
is the result of original research work done by me. I also declare that no
material contained in the thesis has been published earlier in any manner.

Place : (NEERAJ YADAV)
I.D. No. BAM-12-06
Date:
CERTIFICATE

Mr. NEERAJ YADAV has satisfactorily prosecuted the course of
research and that the thesis entitled “Studies on N, P and Biofertilizer
management practices on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of pearl
millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]” submitted is the result of original
research work and of sufficiently high standard to warrant its presentation to
the examination. I also certify that neither the thesis nor its part thereof has
been previously submitted by him for a degree of any University.

Date : (Dr. Ch. PULLA RAO)
Place : Chairperson of the advisory Committee
Professor & Head
Department of Agronomy
Agricultural College, Bapatla
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the thesis entitled “Studies on N, P and
Biofertilizer management practices on growth, yield and nutrient uptake
of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]” submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in
Agriculture of the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
is a record of the bonafide research work carried out by Mr. NEERAJ
YADAV under our guidance and supervision.
No part of the thesis has been submitted by the student for any other
degree or diploma. The published part and all the assistance received during
the course of investigations have been duly acknowledged by the author of the
thesis.

Thesis approved by the Student Advisory Committee

Chairman : Dr. CH. PULLA RAO
Professor and Head
Department of Agronomy
Agricultural College
Bapatla

Member : Dr. M. MARTIN LUTHER
Professor
Department of Agronomy
Agricultural College
Bapatla

Member : Dr. Y. ASHOKA RANI
Professor
Department of Plant Physiology
Agricultural College
Bapatla

Date of Final Viva-Voce:
STUDIES ON N, P AND BIOFERTILIZER
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON
GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT
UPTAKE OF PEARL MILLET
[Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]

NEERAJ YADAV
B.Sc. (Ag.)

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
(AGRONOMY)

2014
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Accomplishment of this thesis is the result of benevolence of Almighty, blessings of my
teachers, love of my parents and motivation of my friends.
At the very outset, whole heartedly I wish to express my fidelity and deep sense of
gratitude to the chairman of my advisory committee Dr.Ch. Pulla Rao, Professor, Department
of Agronomy, Agriculture College, Bapatla for his learned counsel, unstinted attention, arduous
and meticulous guidance. I feel elated to express my heartfelt thanks for his immense interest,
transcendent suggestions, affectionate encouragement and adroitness in handling the work in
all its stages which provided me commendable encouragement and shaped my efforts into a
successful research work.
I wish to express profound sense of gratitude to member of my advisory committee
Dr. M. Martin Luther, Professor, Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, Bapatla for
his valuable suggestions, whole hearted cooperation on unabated help which greatly contributed
to the enrichment of the thesis.
It gives me great pleasure to extend my thanks to Dr. Y. Ashoka Rani, Professor,
Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural College, Bapatla member of my advisory
committee for her timely guidance and kind cooperation throughout my research work.

I fervently extended my profound thanks to Dr. G. Subbaiah, Associate Dean,
Agricultural College, Bapatla for his concern in enlightening me on various aspects of research,
whole hearted cooperation and for his constant appraisal on subject matter to bring out this
successfully during my investigation.

I owe my gratitude to Dr. R. Lakshmipathy, Scientist, Department of Agricultural
Microbiology, Agricultural College, Bapatla for his scholarly guidance, valuable suggestions and
for doing the microbial analysis and providing the necessary facilities.
I humbly express my sincere thanks to the staff members of the Department of
Agronomy viz., Dr. B. Venkateswarlu, Professor, Dr. M. Sree Rekha, Assistant Professor, Dr.
N. Venkata Lakshmi , Assistant Professor and Sri. P. Venkat Rao Assistant Professor for the
valuable suggestions and timely help and kind cooperation during my study.
I also express my sincere thanks to Dr. P. V. N. Prasad, Principal scientist (Agronomy)
for keeping abreast of me and providing valuable help when ever needed, during the period of
my investigation.
I am very much grateful to Buchaiah , Maruti Garu, Thirupathaiah, Ahmed Shereef,
and to all the non-teaching staff of Department of Agronomy for their timely help for carrying
out my research work. I am thankful to our College Librarian and other Library Staff for providing
necessary facilities.
From my mere existence on earth to present situation, my every step of life is moulded
mud by my mother Smt. Ramrati Yadav and father Sri. Chhajuram Yadav. Their parenting
brings out my best in every walk of my endeavours including the present research work. I feel
happy to have amiable and caring sisters Neetu, Priyanka. I can’t match their stable
affectionate watch on my personal life, moral support and encouragement whenever needed.
My keen sense of gratitude to my seniors, Nilesh Patidar, Nilesh Panchbhai, Ghous Ali,
Sandeep Naik, Satya Shree Ram, Gautham, P. Chandrasekhar sir, Rama Devi, Mansa Rani, V.
Sujatha, Vinod Singh, Nishit Debbarma, Punnia Viswan and Subbaram Reddy and Ratnam my juniors
Aruna, Jayasankar, Lakshmi, Mukesh, Rama rao, Sunil kumar, Revathi, Pradeep, Priyanka,
Hemalatha, Sarvanthi, who helped me a lot in my research work.
I am very much beholden and profoundedly indebted to my affectionate classmates Girraj,
Divyasree, Pratyusha, Uma, Pushpa, Priyanka, Sandya, Durga, Porna teja, Kiranmai, Jyothi who
helped me a lot in my research work.
I shall be failing in my duty, if I don’t express my thanks to ICAR and ANGRAU for
providing me the financial help in the form of stipend and also encouragement to complete the study
successfully.
While travelling on this part of education, many hands pushed me forth, learned hearts put me
on the right track. I ever rest THANKS to all of them..
Any omission in this brief acknowledgement doesn’t mean lack of gratitude.

Place : Bapatla
Date : (Neeraj Yadav)
LIST OF CONTENTS

Chapter No. Title Page No.
1 - 4
I INTRODUCTION
5 – 18
II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
19 - 32
III MATERIALS AND METHODS
33 - 70
IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 71 - 74
LITERATURE CITED I - IX
APPENDIX X
LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Title Page No.
3.1 Weekly Weather data recorded at Agricultural College 20
Farm, Bapatla during the crop growth period (21-07-2013
to 10-10-2013).
23
3.2 Physico- chemical properties of the experimental soil.
34
4.1 Plant height (cm) of pearl millet as influenced by N, P and
biofertilizer management practices.
4.2 Drymatter production (q ha-1) of pearl millet as influenced 36
by N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
39
4.3 Number of tillers per hill of pearl millet as influenced by
N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
4.4 Number of hills m-2 and days to 50% flowering of pearl 41
millet as influenced by N, P and biofertilizer management
practices.
4.5 Number of earheads m-2, length of earhead (cm) and 43
number of grain rows per earhead of pearl millet as
influenced by N, P and biofertilizer management
practices.
49
4.6 Number of filled grains per row and test weight (g/ 1000
grain weight) of pearl millet as influenced by N, P and
biofertilizer management practices.
4.7 Grain yield (q ha-1), stover yield (q ha-1) and harvest 54
index (%) of pearl millet as influenced by N, P and
biofertilizer management practices.
60
4.8 Effect of N, P and biofertilizer management practices on
protein content (%), nitrogen content in grain & stover
(%) and nitrogen uptake (kg ha-1) by pearl millet.
65
4.9 Effect of N, P and biofertilizer management practices on
phosphorus content in grain & stover (%) and its uptake
(kg ha-1) by pearl millet.
69
4.10 Economics of different treatment as affected by N, P and
biofertilizer management practices.
LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. No. Title Page No.
21
3.1 Weekly mean minimum and maximum temperatures during
the crop period.
22
3.2 Weekly rainfall (mm) and mean relative humidity (%) data
during the crop period.
26
3.3 Layout of the experimental field.
4.1 Drymatter production (q ha-1) of pearl millet as influenced 37
by N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
44
4.2 Number of earheads m-2 and length of earhead (cm) of pearl
millet as influenced by N, P and biofertilizer management
practices.
47
4.3 Number of filled grains per row of pearl millet as influenced
by N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
50
4.4 Test weight (g/1000 grains) of pearl millet as influenced by
N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
4.5 Grain Yield (q ha-1) and Stover Yield (q ha-1) of pearl millet 55
as influenced by N, P and biofertilizer management
practices.
4.6 Nitrogen uptake (kg ha-1) of pearl millet at harvest as 61
influenced by N, P and biofertilizer management practices.
4.7 Phosphorus uptake (kg ha-1) of pearl millet as influenced by 66
N, P and biofertilizer management practices.