Influence of planting density and zinc on growth and yield of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)

The field experiment titled “Influence of Planting density and Zinc on Growth and Yield of Pearl millet” was conducted during kharif season of 2023 at the Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) India. The experiment was done under Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and replicated thrice. In treatment combination T6 (35 cm × 15 cm + 25 kg ZnSO₄/ha) results obtained that the higher plant height (155.8cm), plant dry weight (43.90 g/plant), length of ear head (27.5 cm), maximum number of grains / ear head (1986.0) were found to be significant.