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Studies on the Comparative Tolerance of Minor Millets to Saline Irrigation

Volume : 61
Issue: Aug-aug
Pages: 439 - 446
Published: October 12, 2023
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Abstract


Pot culture studies were undertaken to study the relative tolerance of minor millets to salinity. The results revealed that among the four crops tried Kudiravali was found highly tolerant and the yields were relatively unaffected. Panivaregu and Thenai Ware next in order to salinity tolerance. Samai was found highly susceptible to salinity. The varieties PC, 49 (Kudiravali) Co. 3 (Thenai) and Cul. 196 (Panivaragu) were tolerant upto 3000 ppm of salt concentration and yielded normally.

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439 - 446
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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