Organic Seed Priming and Nutrient Management Effect on Yield of Barnyard Millet (Echinochloa esculenta) under Irrigated Conditions

The present investigation was undertaken with the objective of determining the impact of organic seed priming and nutrient management on yield attributes and yield of barnyard millet under irrigated environment of Uttrakhand.

The trials were performed during Kharif season of 2023 and 2024 at the Agriculture Research Farm, School of Agriculture Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun, using factorial -randomized block design to evaluate the impact of various organic seed priming and nutrient management regimes. Plot treatments included two factors, Factor 1: Specific applicable strategies of the plan are Nutrient Management and Factor 2: Organic Seed Priming. Factor 1 includes N0: Control, N1: Vermicompost @ (2 tonnes/ha), N2: Neem Cake@ (1 tonnes/ha), N3: Alfalfa Meal @ (2 tonnes/ha) and Factor 2 includes P0: No Priming, P1: Panchagavya @3%, P2: Jeevamrit @3%. The different treatment combinations were (N0 P0) Control + No Priming=T1, (N0 P1) Control + Panchagavya = T2, (N0 P2) Control + Jeevamrit = T3, (N1 P0) Vermicompost + No priming =T4, (N1 P1) Vermicompost + Panchagavya= T5, (N1 P2) Vermicompost + Jeevamrit= T6, (N2 P0) Neem Cake + No priming= T7, (N2 P1) Neem cake + Panchagavya= T8, (N2 P2) Neem cake + Jeevamrit= T9, (N3P0) Alfalfa meal + No Priming= T10, (N3 P1) Alfalfa meal+ Panchagavya= T11, (N3 P2) Alfalfa meal+ Jeevamrit= T12.

This measures how these variables affect the yield of barnyard millet and provides related important findings on efficiency in cultivation of crops. The findings revealed a positive significant relationship between the two factors on the improvement of barnyard millet either singly or jointly. Work on T5 i.e. Vermicompost + Panchagavya has been found most effective compared to T12 i.e. Alfalfa Meal+ Jeevamrit among all treated plants. To some extend these findings pay toward the revelation of appropriate information to enhance the strategies in Barnyard millet at Uttarakhand and toward the equitable combination of production and quality in Millets Farming.