Response of rain fed pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) to water harvesting, moisture conservation and plant population in light soils
Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.
Br. emend. Stuntz] like other rainy-season
crops generally encounters moisture stress
during its growing period, resulting in low
yield. Collection of rain water in simple land
lay-outs (Kaushik and Gautam 1991), use of
various mulches and transpiration suppressants
(Pandeyet et. 1988; Lal et al. 1992) and
reduction of final plant stand in the wake of
mid-season drought (Venkateswarlu 1983) increase
the productivity and water-use efficiency
of dryland crops. Hence an experiment
was conducted to assess the perfonnance
of various in-situ water-harvesting and moisture
conservation practices and plant population
on productivity and water-use efficiency
of pearl millet.
Authors: S. K. Kaushik, R.C. Gautam
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2288939641