Productivity and profitability of rain fed barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop as influenced by variety, fertility and moisture conservation

The present study was taken up to select out most suitable barley variety, adequate fertility level and proper practice of soil moisture conservation from both productivity and profitability points of view of the farmers of central Uttar Pradesh.

/m2 2011-12 88.9 Dry wt of roots/plant (g) 2012-13 2011-12 2011-12 2012-13 2012-13 2011-12 Varieties Haritma Root depth (cm) 2.410 43.5 44.3 45.7 0.61 34.2 32.6 32.4 0.28 32.50 0.032 44.2 45.1 46.1 0.15 0.080 0.33 1.35 0.62 0.70 2.02 2.12 2.28 0.02 0.05 2.230 43.4 44.7 45.4 0.64 32.5 33.2 35.5 0.38 31.82 0.030 44.2 45.2 46.0 0.19 0.061 0.40 1.31 0.79 0.51 2.09 2.14 0.01 0.03 2.300 44.4 44.6 0.50 32.7 33.5 0.23 32.30 0.026 45.1 45.3 0.12 0.057 NS NS 0.51 0.57 2.283 2.348 2.383 2.428 2.394 33.74 33.31 0.31 33.08 34.65 0.25 34.06 0.26 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(6): 2952-2957 Table.2 Effect of varieties, fertility levels and moisture conservation practices on yield, water use and economics of barley Treatments Grain yield (q/ha) Stover yield (q/ha) Total water use (mm) Water use efficiency kg grain/ha mm Net return Benefit: cost ratio 2011-12 2012-13 201112 201213 201112 201213 2011-12 2012-13 201112 201213 2011-12 2012-13 Haritma 27.49 27.62 55.00 57.17 179.5 171.0 15.3 16.2 22546 23147 1.95 1.98 Narmada 27.38 28.65 54.30 55.79 179.2 171.4 15.3 16.7 22265 24189 1.94 2.02 Lakhan 24.39 25.88 50.81 51.55 178.8 169.2 13.6 15.3 17740 19795 1.75 1.84 S.Ed ± 0.70 0.53 0.78 0.90 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.2 - - - - C.D (P=0.05) 1.31 1.19 1.73 2.01 NS 1.5 0.4 0.4 - - - - N40 P20 K20 22.78 21.56 47.11 46.20 177.2 150.0 12.8 14.4 16033 14290 1.71 1.63 N60 P30 K30 27.26 29.03 54.60 58.65 179.9 180.4 15.1 16.1 22172 25247 1.94 2.07 N80 P40 K40 29.22 31.57 57.81 59.66 180.6 181.2 16.2 17.4 24230 27608 1.98 2.12 S.Ed ± 0.81 0.48 1.24 0.83 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.2 - - - - C.D (P=0.05) 1.64 0.99 2.57 1.70 2.1 1.5 0.6 0.4 - - - - Hand Weeding 26.01 25.73 53.37 53.64 179.1 170.3 14.5 15.1 19528 19223 1.80 1.79 Pendimethaline 26.83 29.04 53.40 56.03 179.3 170.8 15.0 17.0 22179 25534 1.97 2.12 S.Ed ± 0.57 0.44 0.64 0.74 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 - - - - C.D (P=0.05) NS 0.97 NS 1.64 NS NS NS 0.3 - - - - Varieties Fertility levels Moisture conservation 2956 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(6): 2952-2957 Economics The varieties ‘Haritma’ and ‘Narmada’ being almost at par recorded considerably higher values of net return and B: C ratio during both years On mean basis of two years data, ‘Narmada’ and ‘Haritma’ earned Rs 4459.5 and 4079.0/ha or 23.8 and 21.7% more net return, respectively than the variety ‘Lakhan’ It might be attributed to grain and straw yield because cost of cultivation was same for all varieties Net return also increased with increasing fertility up to N80 P40 K40 level which earned Rs 10757.5 and 2209.5/ha more or 71.0 and 9.3% higher over N40 P20 K20 and N60 P30 K30 levels, respectively on mean basis of 2-year data B: C ratio followed the same trend of net return Higher net returns might be attributed to higher grain and straw yields The margin of yield increase was much higher than cost involved in additional fertilizer, thus net return and B: C ratio both improved with fertility These results are in corroboration with the findings of Meena et al., (2012) Among moisture conservation practices, pre-E spray than hand weeding On mean basis of 2-year data, pendimethaline spray earned Rs 4481/ha or 23.1% higher net return than hand weeding It might be attributed to lower cost involved in pendimethaline spray and higher crop yield These results may be concluded that for rainfed condition of central Uttar Pradesh, barley varieties ‘Narmada’ and ‘Haritma’ along with 80 kg N+40 kg P2O5 + 40 kg K2O/ha and pre-emergence spray of pendimethaline @ 3.3 litres/ha are equally effective for higher productivity and profitability References Awasthi, U.D, Bhan, S and Uttam, S.K (1993) Root development and moisture use in wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Barley (Hordeum vulgare) as influenced by crop variety and nitrogen Indian Journal of Agronomy, 38 (4): 559-561 Meena, L.R Mann, J.S and Meena, S.L (2012) Effect of levels and mode of nitrogen application on dual purpose barley (Hordeum vulgare) under semiarid condition Indian Journal of Agronomy, 57 (2): 168-170 Palaniappan, S.P and Sivaraman, K (1996) Cropping systems in the tropics: Principles and management, pp 28-35, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi-110002 Puniya, M.M., Yadav, S.S and Shivram, A.C (2015) Productivity, profitability and nitrogen use efficiency of barley (Hordaem vulgare) as influenced by weed management and nitrogen fertilization under hot semi-arid ecologies of Rajasthan Indian Journal of Agronomy, 60 (4): 564-569 Saini, J.P and Thakur, S.R (1999) Response of barley (Hordeum vulgare) varieties to nitrogen under dry temperate conditions Indian Journal of Agronomy, 44 (1): 123-125 How to cite this article: Awasthi, U.D., Shailendra Pratap Singh, P.K Mishra, Brajesh Prajapati and Abhishek Singh 2017 Productivity and Profitability of Rain Fed Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Crop as Influenced by Variety, Fertility and Moisture Conservation Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci 6(6): 29522957 doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.606.351 2957 ... 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