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Original Research Article

Effects of Different Sowing Methods on Growth and Yield of Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.)

파종방법에 따른 기장과 조의 생육 및 수량

Ki-Youl Jung1
,
Young-Dae Choi2
,
Hyen-Chung Chun2
,
Sang-Hun Lee2
,
Seung-Ho Jeon3*
정 기열1
,
최 영대2
,
전 현정2
,
이 상훈2
,
전 승호3*
1Senior Researcher, Department of Southern Area Crop Science, NICS, RDA
2Researcher, Department of Southern Area Crop Science, NICS, RDA
3Professor, Department of Well-being Resources, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Department of Well-being Resources, Sunchon National University
1국립식량과학원 남부작물부 생산기술개발과 농업연구관
2국립식량과학원 남부작물부 생산기술개발과 농업연구사
3순천대학교 생명산업과학대학 웰빙자원학과 교수
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2018. pp. 384-389
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Abstract

Cultivation techniques of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.), such as sowing, weeding, and harvesting, are often not properly utilized, resulting in low productivity rates. The goal of this study was to develop cultivation techniques to increase millet productivity rates and reduce labor inputs. We evaluated the effects of different machine sowing methods compared with manual sowing methods from 2014 to 2016. The three machine sowing methods were dibbling, drilling, and broadcasting. Compared with manual sowing, the broadcasting method decreased labor times by 16.07 and 14.23 hr 10 a-1 for proso and foxtail millets, respectively. Proso millet showed greater culm lengths at 138 and 125 cm with the broadcasting method for two years, whereas foxtail millet after three years had greater culm lengths from both the drilling and broadcasting methods. Both crops exhibited the thickest culm stems in the 3rd year. The greatest number of seeds of the panicle were from the manual sowing method in both crops. Compared with manual sowing, broadcasting increased grain yields by 15–35% and 9.1–28% for proso and foxtail millets, respectively. Therefore, we suggest that the application of broadcasting in mechanical sowing will increase labor efficiency and yields of proso and foxtail millets.

Keywords
broadcasting
foxtail millet
input work-hour
mechanical sowing
proso millet
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Crop Science
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국작물학회
  • Journal Title :The Korean Journal of Crop Science
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국작물학회지
  • Volume : 63
  • No :4
  • Pages :384-389
  • Received Date : 2018-10-17
  • Revised Date : 2018-11-15
  • Accepted Date : 2018-11-16
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7740/kjcs.2018.63.4.384
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