YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF KODO MILLET (PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM L.) AS INFLUENCED BY ROW SPACINGS AND FERTILIZER LEVELS

A field experiment was done on kodo millet during the kharif season of 2023 at Agronomy farm, College of Agriculture, Latur to study the response of kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.) to row spacing and fertilizer levels.The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with two factors and replicated thrice.First factor consists of three rows spacing viz., S 1 -22.5 cm 10 cm, S 2 -30 cm 10 cm and S 3 -45 cm 10 cm, second factor consists of three fertilizer levels viz., F 1 -75 % RDF, F 2 -100 % RDF and F 3 -125 % RDF.The experimental results revealed that significantly highest values of yield parameters viz., number of ear head plant -1 (9.32), number of grains ear head -1 (268), ear head weight plant -1 (12.23 g) and ear head length (11.60 cm) were recorded with wider row spacing of 45 cm 10 cm which was at par with 30 10 cm row spacing.Significantly highest values of grain yield (3515.74 kg ha -1 ), biological yield (8550.22 kg ha -1 ), gross monetary returns (106703 ha -1 ) and net monetary returns (51590 ha -1 ) values were recorded under closer row spacing of 22.5 10 cm, which was at par with 30 10 cm row spacing.However, among different levels of fertilizer, application of 125 % RDF recorded higher values of number of ear head plant -1 (9.33), number of grains ear head -1 (267), ear head weight plant -1 (12.12 g), ear head length (11.59 cm), grain yield (3464 kg ha -1 ), biological yield (8416 kg ha -1 ), gross monetary returns (105140 ha -1 ) and net monetary returns (50324 ha -1 ) as compared to 75 % RDF, which was found to be at par with application of 100 % RDF.