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1. CP-322 ALLPPT.com _ Free PowerPoint Templates, Diagrams and Charts CROP- BAJRA PLOT NO - 18 Sci.Name- Pennisetum glaucum Variety – SHANKAR MULTICUT Growing year - 2017 Submitted by : Manoranjan rout Ad.N-36C/14 Omrita jaiswal Ad. N-37C/14

2. Botanical Name : Pennisetum glaucum Family : Gramineae Origin : Western Africa Distribution : Pearl millet is cultivated mostly in Africa (about 14 million ha) and Asia (about 12 million ha) Pearl Millet

3. Pearl millet Area in India India is the largest producer of pearl millet. Area (9–10 million ha) Production (8-9 million t) Average productivity of 780 kg/ha. It is grown as irrigated crop during the summer season in GJ, MH, AP, KN and TN. Summer pearl millet is popular in Gujarat with very high yield exceeding 4–5 t/ha with excellent grain quality.

4. production As compared to the early 1980s, Pearl millet area in India declined by 26% during 2000–04, but production increased by 19% owing to 44% increase in productivity.

5. Soil and Climate It yields best on fertile, well-drained loamy soils. Pearl millet not grow well in waterlogged conditions. It is grown on soils of poor fertility with low organic matter content, but it yields low. Pearl millet can grow even under unfavorable conditions of drought stress and high temperatures. Pearl millet is a warm-weather crop and grows best at 30-34°C air temperature. Germination = 23-32°C . The optimum rainfall requirement 600 and 800 mm. But, pearl millet can be grown in areas which receive even less than 350 mm of seasonal rainfall .

6. Management Practices Field Preparation; Assigned Plot Size- 25 M 2 Planting Method- Ridge & Furrow Date Of Sowing- 13.03.2017 Field was ploughed, made well fried soil, 3 times Well decomposed FYM of 20kg was applied. Spacing Maintained- Row To Row 45cm Plant To Plant 10cm Depth Of Sowing- 3-5 cm

7. Field Preparation

8. Management Practices Seed rate 4kg/ha Required seed (10000/4)×25= 100g Considering 75% germination net required = 135g sowing was done in row, mixing with sand. Immediate irrigation was given by sprinkler. Mulching was done by straw.

9. Nutrient Management FYM- 20kg Nutrient dose - 60:40:20 :: N: P 2 O 5 :K 2 0 per Ha Time N P 2 O 5 K 2 O BASAL 1/2 = 160g FULL =225g FULL- 80g 30DAS ½ = 160g

10. Germination Germination started 7 t 10 days after sowing We have encountered max 705 germination. To mitigate the gaps transplanting was done from stapler plot.

11. Thinning and Weeding To maintain optimum plant population and reduce crop weed competition. Encourage plant vigour enhance efficient nutrient uptake,

12. Thinning and Weeding Operation Time Thinning 20 DAS 1 st Irrigation After planton 2 nd Irrigation 7DAS 3 rd Irrigation 15DAS 4 th Irrigation 25DAS 5 th Irrigating 40DAS 6 th Irrigation 55DAS

13. Weed control Yield losses of more than 70% due to weeds have been reported from weed control experiments. It is necessary to keep the crop weed-free during the first 30 days after sowing. Cultural practices : Adopting proper crop rotation practices reducing the weed competition in pearl millet crop. Intercropping also helps in smothering the weeds with good crop cover over the land surface. Mulching the soil surface helps to suppress the weeds and also he in conserving the soil moisture.

14. Chemical control : Pre-emergence application : It applied after sowing but before emergence of seedling. - Atrazine (0.5-1.0) - Pendimethalin (1.0-1.5) - Tebutryn (1.0-2.0) for light soils - Norea (1.0-2.0) for heavy soils Post-emergence application : In case of severe infestation. Low rates of 2,4-D (0.5-1.0 kg/ha) may be applied when the plants are about 10 to 30 cm tall.

15. Water Management Pearl millet is mainly rainfed crop. Only about 8% of pearl millet area is irrigated in India . >Moisture conservation : Soil and water conservation practices significance to increase pearl millet production. Antitranspirants and reflect ants may minimize the water loss due to transpiration. Deep ploughing increases rain water into soil. Mulches are effective in reducing evaporation losses

16. Vegetative stage

17. Irrigation

18. Head emergence

19. Flowering and pollination

20. Grain filling

21. HARVESTING Harvest the crop when grains become hard and contain about 20% moisture. Harvesting is done by cutting the entire plant or removing the ear heads first and cutting down the plants later on. The ear heads after harvesting, should be dried in the sun. The grains are separated either by beating the ear heads by sticks or by trampling by bullocks. The threshed grain should be cleaned and dried in sun to bring the moisture content down to 12% for safe storage