Author(s):

Pooja Srivastav, CH Bharat Bhushan Rao, T Ram Prakash and Syed Ahmed Hussain

Abstract: The effect of different iron sources on pearl millet cultivars was studied in an experiment conducted at College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar. This study was carried out during kharif-2019 in sandy loam soil. It comprised of two cultivars of bajra as main plot treatments and five iron treatments as subplot treatments which were tested under Split plot design in three replications. Plant height, number of tillers per square metre, leaf area index and protein content were found to rise with PBH-1625 compared to HHB-67. Application of iron sources resulted in increased growth and protein content of pearl millet with T₃ (FeSO₄ fortified manure @ 500 kg ha^-1) treatment followed by T₅ (RDF+ Fe-EDTA spray @ 0.2% applied two times i.e. before and after flowering). Days to 50% flowering differed between the cultivars but influence of iron treatments was non-significant.

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