Response of Selected Forage Pearl Millet Genotypes to Treated Wastewater and Fresh Water Irrigation for Productivity

The utilization of treated wastewater has not only advantage of solving water scarcity problem in agriculture but also it is expected to protect the environment by reducing the pollution load with little or no risk to the plants, groundwater or human health. Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R.Br.) is one of the most important drought-tolerant crops in semi-arid tropic regions of the world including Oman where it is one of the important summer cereal crops. It requires relatively low irrigation due to its short growing season for fodder. Eleven forage genotypes of pearl millet which were selected based on the their superiority for forage yield under normal irrigation water conditions were investigated for their response to treated wastewater and normal irrigation water conditions in respect of productivity consecutively for two consecutive years during summer seasons of 2012 and 2013 (March-May) under drip irrigation at Agriculture Research Station, Rumais. The results indicated main effects of year was significant (p