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Food seCuritY and inCome generation through Finger millet CultiVation in nepal 131 3 and 7 was top dressed after 40 days of transplanting. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and the plot size for each treatment was 3.0 m × 3.0 m with two plant density regimes of 10 cm × 10 cm and 20 cm × 20 cm. Urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), single super phosphate, and muriate of potash were used as chemical fertilizers. The data was analyzed using MSTATC. The treatment details are given in Table 20. Table 20. Details of treatments for plant density and fertilizer application Treatments Density (cm) FYM (t/ha) N (kg/ha) P O (kg/ha) 2 5 K2O (kg/ha) t 1 10 × 10 0 0 30 30 t 2 10 × 10 15 0 30 30 t 3 10 × 10 0 30 30 30 t 4 10 × 10 7.5 15 30 30 t 5 20 × 20 0 0 30 30 t 6 20 × 20 15 0 30 30 t 7 20 × 20 0 30 30 30 t 8 20 × 20 7.5 15 30 30 The results of the trial conducted at Khumaltar in 2002 (Table 21) revealed significant differences between the treatments with respect to grain yield, straw yield, number of bearing heads/m 2 , plant height and number of plants /m 2 . However, the treatment differences for fingers/head were non–significant. Both the grain yield (23.84 q/ha) and straw yield (104.82 q/ha) were the highest in treatment 2 with the application of 15 t/ Fig. 10. Grain yield performance of finger millet under plant density and fertilizer trial at Kabre (2004)
132 minor millets in south asia Table 21. Grain yield and other traits of finger millet in plant density-cum- fertilizer trial at Khumaltar (2002) Treatment Plant stand/m 2 Bearing heads/m 2 No. of fingers/ head Plant height (cm) Grain yield (q/ha) Straw yield (q/ha) t 1 91.7 100 5 77 22.91 87.78 t 2 88.7 95 6 84 23.84 104.82 t 3 91.3 91 6 83 22.73 101.85 t 4 87.0 91 6 79 22.46 92.59 t 5 30.3 45 5 63 11.25 37.04 t 6 30.0 53 6 68 13.10 48.52 t 7 30.7 54 6 70 13.74 48.89 t 8 30.7 52 6 69 14.54 51.11 mean 60.1 72.6 5.7 74.1 18.07 71.57 CV% 12.13 17.14 7.4 3.8 12.72 11.37 F test ** ** ns ** ** ** LSD 0.05% 7.8 13.34 0.43 3.0 246.4 873 ha farm yard manure (FYM), 30 kg P 2 O 5 /ha and 30 kg K 2 O/ha indicating that balanced nutrient from organic and inorganic fertilizers was more important in finger millet. The results of plant density and fertilizer trial conducted at Kabre in 2004 revealed (Fig. 10) that 10 cm × 10 cm spacing with the application of NPK fertilizers at 50:30:30 kg/ha rate proved to be the best combination for attaining the highest grain yield and therefore, such combination might be recommended for general cultivation. 7.3. Effect of plant density and method of nitrogen application on performance of finger millet under maize-millet system The experiment was conducted under maize-finger millet relay cropping system at Khumaltar in summer 2003. The soil of the experimental plot was acidic (pH 5.0) and the texture was clay loam with lower level of organic matter (OM). Total nitrogen, phosphorus (P 2 O 5 ) and potash (K 2 O) were found to be low, medium and high, respectively. Rampur composite variety of maize was planted with 120:60:40 N; P 2 O 5 : K 2 O kg/ha two months before finger millet transplanting. Finger millet variety Kabre Kodo 1 was transplanted at 10 cm × 10 cm, 10 cm × 15 cm, and 10 cm × 20 cm distances in the standing crop of maize. Nitrogen for finger millet was applied at 30 kg/ha rate as follows: (i) all nitrogen 30 days after transplanting and (ii) 50% nitrogen after 30 days of transplanting and remaining 50% after 10 days of first application. The sources of fertilizers were urea, di-ammonium phosphate and muriate of potash. Plot size was 12.0 m 2 .The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications and six treatments (Table 22). The data were analyzed using MSTATC (Computer based statistical software package).
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