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Effect of Preceding Grain Legumes on Dryland Pearl Millet in NW India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Gajendra Giri
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
Rajat De
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India

Summary

Yields of pearl millet were significantly increased when grown after legume crops such as groundnut (22·6%), cowpea (24·2%) or pigeonpea (12·1%) instead of after pearl millet. A previous crop of short-duration mung did not affect the yield of pearl millet. Benefits from previous crops of groundnut and cowpea were equivalent to about 60 kg N/ha applied to a pearl millet crop following a previous crop of pearl millet.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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