Effect of nitrogen and boron on growth and yield of foxtail millet

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Zaid season, 2024 at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Sam Higginbottom University Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P) to study the “Effect of Nitrogen and Boron on growth and yield of Foxtail millet”. The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture, slightly alkaline in soil reaction (pH 7.8) with low level of organic carbon (0.52%), available Nitrogen (198 Kg/ha), Phosphorus (24.5 kg/ha) and higher level of potassium (240.7 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 3 replications and ten treatments. The result obtained that significantly higher plant height (50.06 cm), higher plant dry weight (24.34 g), maximum number of tillers/plant (8.93) and maximum number of grains/ear head (1409) were recorded in treatment 9 [Nitrogen (50 kg/ha) + Boron (4.5 kg/ha)] as compared to other treatments.