tillage · Yield · Eleusine coracana (finger millet)

Papers reporting a positive result 12

1. Effect of tillage and nutrient management practices on weed dynamics and yield of fingermillet (Eleusine coracana L.) under rainfed pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) fingermillet system in Alfisols of Southern India · 2013

   • positive
     Conventional tillage gave significantly higher finger millet yield of 3030 kg ha-1.

     compared with other tillage practices

2. Tillage and nitrogen management effects on weed seedbank and yield of fingermillet · 2016

   • positive
     Conventional tillage produced significantly higher fingermillet yield of 3.03 t/ha than other tillage practices.

     compared with other tillage practices

3. An Impact of the Different Tillage and Conservation Farming on Plant Growth and Selected Features of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.) at Bastar Plateau Zone of Chhattisgarh · 2017

   • positive
     Minimum tillage had the highest harvest index.
   • no effect
     Yield components were not significantly affected by tillage.

   cited by 1 paper here

4. Influence of conservation tillage and nutrient management practices on performance of rainfed finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) in Alfisols · 2018

   • positive
     Conventional tillage gave higher net energy returns, energy use efficiency and energy productivity in finger millet than minimum and zero tillage.

     compared with minimum and zero tillage

   • positive
     Conventional tillage gave significantly higher grain and straw yields of finger millet than minimum and zero tillage.

     compared with minimum and zero tillage

   • positive
     Conventional tillage gave higher net returns and B:C ratio in finger millet than minimum and zero tillage.

     compared with minimum and zero tillage

5. Weed dynamics in conservation agricultural systems as influenced by conservation tillage and nutrient management practices under rainfed finger millet · 2018

   • positive
     Conventional tillage gave significantly higher grain and straw yield of finger millet (3.04 and 4.69 t/ha) than minimum tillage.

     compared with minimum tillage

   • negative
     Zero tillage gave significantly lower grain and straw yield of finger millet (2.09 and 3.24 t/ha).

6. Conservation Agriculture in Semi-Arid Zimbabwe: A Promising Practice to Improve Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana Gaertn.) Productivity and Soil Water Availability in the Short Term · 2022

   • positive
     Full CA increased finger millet grain yield by 70% over the control in 2015/16.

     compared with control

   • positive
     Full CA gave the best finger millet grain yield, 1.07 and 1.29 t ha−1 in the two seasons.
   • positive
     Conservation agriculture, particularly when practised in full, significantly improved finger millet productivity by offsetting intra-seasonal dry spells.

   cites 1 paper here

7. Growth and Yield of Finger Millet as Influenced by Tillage and Organic Nutrient Management under Finger Millet-french Bean Cropping System · 2022

   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet number of effective tillers was highest (112.96).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet ear weight was highest (6.59 g).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet straw yield was highest (38.85 q/ha).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet grain was highest (23.90 q/ha).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet number of tillers was highest (121.15).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet number of grains/ear was highest (1085.26).
   • positive
     Under conventional tillage-conventional tillage, finger millet dry matter accumulation was highest (865.61 g/m2).

8. Effect of nano DAP on growth and yield of finger millet · 2024

   • positive
     T8 gave higher ear heads per hill, thousand grain weight and harvest index.

     compared with Absolute control

   • positive
     T8 grain yield was 4116.6 kg ha-1.

     compared with Absolute control

   • positive
     T8 straw yield was 4600.4 kg ha-1.

     compared with Absolute control

   • positive
     T8 gave significantly higher plant height, tiller count and dry matter than control, on par with T7 and T6.

     compared with Absolute control

9. Growth and Yield of Summer Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) as Affected by Foliar Application of Water-soluble Fertilizers · 2024

   • positive
     Among foliar sprays, 75% RDF plus 2% 19:19:19 gave the highest finger millet growth, yield parameters and yield.

     compared with different foliar sprays

   • negative
     Water spray control gave the lowest finger millet growth and yield values.

10. Effect of Foliar Application of Nano DAP on Yield and N, P and K Uptakes and Post Harvest Soil Nutrient Status of Finger Millet · 2025

    • positive
      T4 significantly increased finger millet grain and straw yield.

11. Performance of different foliar nutrient applications on yield and nutrient uptake by finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) · 2025

    • positive
      Foliar 19:19:19 at 2% significantly improved grain yield, 23.74 q/ha.
    • positive
      Foliar 19:19:19 at 2% significantly improved yield attributes.
    • positive
      Foliar 19:19:19 at 2% significantly improved straw yield, 29.52 q/ha.

12. Tillage intensity and cover crop affect yield, energy efficiency, and sustainability of rainfed finger millet and pigeon pea cropping system in semiarid tropics · 2026

    • positive
      The sustainable yield index was highest, at 89.6%, with conventional tillage and horse gram cover crop.