Crop varieties Table 2 Courtesy PABAL


Sr.No
Common name
Bajri (Pearl millet)
Wheat
1
Botanical name
Pennisetum typhoideum
Triticum species
2
Origin
Africa
South west India & Afghanistan
3
Climate
Tropical, warm & Dry
Cool dry & clear weather
4
Soil
Poor sandy soil to medium soil, alluvial
Desert to heavy soil, loamy textured, fertile. Well drained
5
Preparatory tillage
Ploughing, 2 to 3 harrowings
1 Ploughing, 2 to 3 harrowings
6
Seed & sowing




i) Time of sowing
Kharif-June to July
Rabi-Oct to Nov

ii) Method of sowing
Drilling, Broadcasting
Seed rate 4 to 5 kg/ha
Spacing 22.5 to 30cm
Drilling, Broadcasting
Sowing Direction- North, south
Seed rate
Normal 100kg/ha HD2189-125kg/ha
Spacing Irrigated-22.5cm
Rainfed-30cm
7
Manures & fertilizers
8 to 10 tons fym/ha
N P K Kg/ha
Rainfed 12 - -
Irrigated 25 25 -
Hybrid 50 37 25
N P K Kg/ha
Irrigated 120+160+60
Rain fed 50+25+25
8
After care
1 to 2 weedings, 2 to 3 hoeings
1 to 2 weeding, 1 hoeing
9
Water management
Rain fed crop. 1 to 3 irrigations
1 presowing, second at 20 to 25 days, late tillering flowering and grain formation In all 5 irrigation
10
Harvesting
80 to 90 days
100 to 130 days
11
Yield
Average .yield 7 to 8q/ha
Hybrid 20 to 25q/ha
Rain fed – 8 to 10q/ha
Irrigated 25 to 40q/ha
12
Varieties
Hybrids –HB-1,3,4. NHB-5, MBJ 110, WCC-75, RH RBH-8209, ICTP-8203
Improved-WCC-75, RHR-1 (Sangam) CMS-7703
Rainfed-N-59, Ajanta,NI-5439, MACS-9
Irrigated – HD 2189, HD4502 (Malvika), Sonalika, Kalyan, sona.






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