Assessment of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) genotypes for higher productivity in central dry zone of Karnataka

Abstract

A field trial was conducted at Shidalinakote of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, India, during Kharif, 2016 and 2017 to study the “Assessment of finger millet genotypes for higher productivity in central dry zone of Karnataka”. The results of the two years pooled data revealed that, among the different genotypes of finger millets, ML-365 recorded significantly higher plant height (115.8 cm), 1000 seed weight (23.6 g) ear length (9.35 cm), number of tiller (7 per plant), seed yield (21.8 q ha-1), net returns (Rs.39540 ha-1) and B:C ratio (2.84) and it was on par with KMR-204. However, lowest grain yield (14.20 q ha-1) and economics were obtained in local farmer’s variety (Karmandala).