Effect of Biomix inoculation and chemical fertilizers on phenology of some pearl millet hybrids

The experiment was laid out during Kharif 2016 at research area of Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana to study the effect of Biomix inoculation and chemical fertilizers on phenology of various pearl millet hybrids. Application of nitrogen had no significant effect on phenological development of pearl millet genotypes. Various combinations of recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF) and Biomix inoculation also failed to influence any of the phenological stages (like emergence, five leaf stage, flag leaf stage, boot stage and 50% flowering) of pearl millet hybrids. Hybrid H₂ (HHB 197) took significantly less number of days to 50 per cent flowering, milk stage, dough stage and physiological maturity as compared to other two hybrids (HHB 234 and HHB 223). Pearl millet hybrid H₂ (HHB 197) attained physiological maturity 3 days earlier than hybrid H₁(HHB234).