EFFECT OF CHLOR�ALKALI SOLID WASTE EFFLUENT ON NUMBER OF TILLERS OF A LITTLE MILLET CROP

K. L. Barik

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2016

EFFECT OF CHLOR�ALKALI SOLID WASTE EFFLUENT ON NUMBER OF TILLERS OF A LITTLE MILLET CROP

K. L. Barik

Abstract :

The little millet (Panicum sumatrense Rath ex. Roem and Schult) crop variety SS. 81–1, exposed to chlor–alkali solid –2 –2 –2 –2 waste effluent @ 100 g m (treatment – 1),200 g m (treatment – 2), 300 g m (treatment – 3) and 400 g m (treatment – 4) was studied in vivo at the Agriculture Research Station, Ankuspur in the District of Ganjam, Odisha at an interval of 15 days starting from 30 days after sowing (DAS) till harvest of the crop following the ICAR technology proposed by Seetharam (1994) with little modification depending upon the soil condition and climate of the locality. Maximum number of basal tiller was noticed during 87 days after sowing in all control and treated plants. However, no appreciable deviation in number of basal tiller was observed among control, treatment–1, treatment–2, treatment–3 and treatment–4, throughout the sampling period. The average number of productive tiller as well did not show any differences in all the beds. Compared to productive tiller, basal tiller showed less in number in all the beds during 87 DAS.