cultivation of organic bajra in northen plain

1. ORGANIC FARMING OF PEARLMILLET
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMME
SUBMITTED TO
Dr. R N MEENA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
IAS BHU, VARANASI
SUBIMITTED BY
Mr.- VIKAS PATIDAR
ID- 19212AGC167
B.Sc.Ag. (Hons) 4th YEAR

2. PEARLMILLET
COMMON NAME- Bajara
SCIENTIFIC NAME- Pennisetum glaucum
OTHER NAME-Cat tail millet/ Bulrush millet
FAMILY- Poaceae
ORIGIN - Africa
CROMOSOME NO.- 2n=2x=14
POLLINATION – Cross pollinated crop,protogyny in nature
PLANT TYPE- C4 ,short day, show drough escaping mechanism
Pearlmillet is also know as “poor mans crop/food”
INDIA is the largest producer of pearlmillet
AICRP on pearlmillet in JODHPUR (RAJ) 1995
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLET - 2023

3. ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF PEARLMILLET
FIELD PREPARATION AND SOWING TIME
• Field prepration on 8 feb 2023 – plot size 3*3
meter
• We done pre sowing irrigation(palco) - 10 feb
2023
• Sowing and mulching-13 feb 2023 we done
sowing of peaelmillet (variety-pioneer 86M84) and
cover with straw mulch
spacing -45 cm * 15 cm

4. GERMINATION – on 18 feb 2023
REMOVE MULCH – on 19 feb 2023
1st IRRIGATION ( kor watering) – on 20 feb 2023
HOEING- on 28 feb 2023

5. 2nd IRIGATION( flood) – on 3 march 2023 (tillering stage)
THINNING OR HAND WEEDING- thinning after 12-18 cm height of
crop on 06 march
FYM APPLICATION - @ 10 kg in plot – on 15 march
PANCHGAVYA APPLICATION @ 3% in 5 liter water – 10 april 2023
3rd IRRIGATION - 11 april 2023( milking stage)
HARVESTING – NA
YIELD- NA

6. DATA COLLECTION OF SELECTED PLANT
SAMPLES PLANT
HEIGHT(cm)
PANICLE
HEIGHT(cm)
No. OF LEAF NO. OF
NODE
NO. OF
TILLERS
P 1 130 23 6 7 4
P 2 140 22 7 7 5
P 3 135 20 6 6 3
P 4 145 26 7 8 4
AVERAGE PLANT HEIGHT -137.5 cm
AVERAGE TILLERS- 4
NO. OF ROWS - 6
NO. OF PLANT IN 1 ROW – 20
TOTAL PLANT IN PLOT – 20* 6 =120
TOTAL EAR HEAD EMERGENCE=
120*4=480