Effect of land situations, various planting geometry and levels of fertilizer on yield attributes, yield and quality of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L) Gaertn) grown under lateritic soil of Konkan region

Abstract

The investigation “effect of land situations, various planting geometry and levels of fertilizer on yield attributes, yield and quality of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L) Gaertn) grown under lateritic soil of Konkan region” was conducted at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.) during kharif season of 2017 and 2018. The field experiment was laid out in a split-split plot design. Main plot treatment consisted of three land situations viz., upland situation (LS1), midland situation (LS2) and gently sloppy (Varkas) land (LS3), the sub plot treatment consisted of five planting geometry viz.,15 cm x 10 cm (PG1), 20 cm x 10 cm (PG2), 25 cm x 10 cm (PG3), 30 cm x 10 cm (PG4) and 20 cm x 15 cm (PG5),while, sub-sub plot treatment comprised of five fertilizer levels viz., 80: 40: 0 NPK kg ha-1 (RDF) without FYM (F1), 80: 40: 0 NPK kg ha-1 (RDF) with FYM 5 t ha-1 (F2), 80: 40: 40 NPK kg ha-1 with FYM 5 t ha-1 (F3), 100: 50: 50 NPK kg ha-1 with FYM 5 t ha-1 (F4) and 120: 60: 60 NPK kg ha-1 with FYM 5 t ha-1 (F5). Thus, there were 25 treatment combinations replicated three times. On the basis of investigation, it can be concluded that the finger millet crop should be grown during kharif season on upland situation (well drained) followed by gently sloppy land (Varkas) with 25 cm x 10 cm planting geometry along with application of fertilizer dose @ 100: 50: 50 NPK kg ha-1 with FYM 5 t ha-1 for obtaining maximum yield attributing characters, yield and quality under south Konkan condition.