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http://dx.doi.org/10.7740/kjcs.2017.62.4.361

Effects of Seeding Rate and Depth during Broadcast Sowing on Growth and Yield of Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) and Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)  

Jung, Ki-Youl (Department of Southern Area Crop Science, NICS, RDA)
Cho, Young-Dae (Department of Southern Area Crop Science, NICS, RDA)
Cho, Young-Son (Division of Agronomy & Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology)
Jeon, Seung-Ho (Division of Agronomy & Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE / v.62, no.4, 2017 , pp. 361-366 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate effects of seeding rate and depth during broadcast sowing on growth and yield of foxtail millet and proso millet over 2 years. The rate of sowing seeds was adjusted to 5, 7, 10 and 20 kg per ha on foxtail millet, and 5, 10, 15 and 30 kg per ha for proso millet. Sowing depth was 0.5, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 cm used tractor rotary attachment for shallow-tilling. The rate of seedlings standing when foxtail millet and proso millet were sowed to a depth of 0.5~5 cm was 72.0~78.0% and 73.0~80.5%, respectively. Plant height and weight at the three-leaf stage after emergence was highest for the treatment with 3 cm rotary depth. As the rate of broadcast seed sowing increased, plant length, diameter, seed length, and seeds on the panicle decreased. The grain yield of foxtail millet was highest with broadcast seed sowing of 10 kg per ha (3652, $3977kg\;ha^{-1}$) and proso millet was highest at broadcast seed sowing of 15 kg per ha (2226, $2052kg\;ha^{-1}$) in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Therefore, the optimum rate of sowed seeds under broadcast cultivation was $10kg\;ha^{-1}$ for foxtail millet and $15kg\;per\;ha^{-1}$ for proso millet. Optimum sowing depth for foxtail and proso millet under broadcast cultivation was 3 cm, using a rotary tractor attachment for shallow-tilling.
Keywords
broadcast sowing; emergence; foxtail millet; proso millet;
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