Climate and Soil
Climatic and Soil requirements
- Rainfall: 200-600 mm
- Temperature: 25-38 C
- Soil type: Sandy loam
- pH: 5-7
Land preparation and fertilizer requirements
- Depth of sowing: 3-4 cm
- NPK 2:3:2 (22) application: 300 kg/ha
- LAN: 150 kg/ha, top dress in 3 split applications (30 days after emergence, at booting and at flowering)
Planting
Planting
Plant population
- 27 000 plants/ha (seed rate = 3 kg/ha)
Plant spacing
- 0.75 m between rows and 0.50 m between plants within rows
Recommended pearl millet cultivars and their characteristics
|
Cultivar |
Seed color |
Maturity (days) |
Plant height (m) |
Days to 50% flowering (days) |
Yield potential (t/ha) |
|
Serere 6A |
Grey |
120 |
1.6 |
50 |
1.0-1.5 |
|
Bontle (ICMV 88908) |
Grey |
90-100 |
1.5 |
61 |
1.5-1.8 |
|
Legakwe |
Grey |
100-110 |
1.7 |
65 |
1.8-2.4 |
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