Effects of Tillage and Manuring on Growth and Yield of Cotton and Rabi Jowar Under Rainfed Conditions of Pune Region

Abstract

A long range experiment was started at Agricultural College Farm, Pune during the year 1932-33 to investigate the effect of tillage and manuring on growth and yield of rainfed cotton and rabi jowar, in rotation. The same experiment was taken for study during the year 1973-74 and 1974-75 in two sets of Plots. The results revested that ploughing to depth of 18 to 20 cm increased the plant height, numbar of holls/plant during the year 1973.74 and seed cotton yield during the year 1974-75 compared with harrowing to depth 8-10 cm. Manuring the crop at the rate of 5.5 tonnes of FYM/ha every year also increased the plant height, number of bolls/plant and seed cotton yield during both the years of experi mentetion. The grain and fodder yields of rabi jowar during the year 1974-75 were signifi-cantly higher with deep tiilage as compared to shallow tillage. The significant increase in vield components viz. grain weight/earhead, 1000 grain weight and grain and fodder yields of rabi jowar was recorded by manuring the crop at the rate of 5.6 tonnes of FYM/ha every year when compared with no manure.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003240

Pages

385 - 391

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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