Ecofriendly management of Birds in Pearl millet

Field experiment was conducted at AINP on VPM, PJTSAU, Hyderabad during Rabi 2023-
24 to evaluate the eco-friendly bird management methods on pearl millet. Five treatments
were replicated four times in RBD with MPMH 21hybrid sown at a spacing of 45x15cm in
plot size 5x5m. Treatments were imposed at the milky grain stage. Neem oil@25ml/l,
Deepam oil@25ml/l Salt@25g/l, Ginger+garlic@30ml/l and were tested along with one
untreated control. Among these, Salt proved to be the best as per cent bird damage recorded
was 27.5 followed by Deepam oil spray(37.5) as against 67.5 % in control. The
highest yield of 1790kg/ha was recorded in the best treatment. Highest number of birds
visiting the crop at the ripening stage were Spotted munias(25%) followed by house sparrows
and Baya weaver birds to the extent of 19 to 20 per cent.The diversity index shows
that the bird diversity was moderate