Author(s):

Ajay Kumar, Arunima Paliwal, Laxmi Rawat, Pankaj Kumar and Sumit Chaudhary

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season of 2017 at V.C.S.G. Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India to study the effect of fertility level on different high yielding cultivar of finger millet under rainfed conditions of Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand. The experiment consisted of twelve treatments with four varieties namely VL 386, VL 352, GPU 45 and PRM 1 as main plots and three fertility levels viz. 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), 100% RDF and 125% RDF as subplots which were arranged in split plot design with three replication. The data indicated that VL 386 cultivar was the most economical high yielding cultivar of finger millet at 100% of the recommended dose of fertilizer for rainfed conditions of Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand under timely sown conditions.

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