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The field experiment was conducted at College of agriculture, Bijapur, to know the effect of crop geometry on pearl millet under dryland conditions during Kharif 2013-2014. The experiment was laid out with eight treatments replicated three times in randomized block design. Wider row spacing 120 cm x 5.0 cm recorded significantly higher soil moisture content (cm) on volume basis at all the stages of crop growth when compared to recommended spacing 60 cm 10 cm. Soil moisture content at the time of sowing was 12.92 cm (left side of the row), 9.32 cm (middle of the row) and 15.94 cm (right side of the row), at 15 DAS, it was 5.96 cm (left side of the row), 5.74 cm (middle of the row) and 6.18 cm (right side of the row), at 30 DAS 14.33 cm (left side of the row), 7.12 cm (middle of the row) and 13.69 cm (right side of the row), at 45 DAS, it was 13.07 cm (left side of the row), 14.36 cm (middle of the row), 12.93 cm (right side of the row), at 60 DAS, it was 27.11 cm (left side of the row), 28.74 cm (middle of the row), 27.49 cm (right side of the row) and at harvest, it was 12.83 cm (left side of the row), 29.91 cm (middle of the row), 20.82 cm (right side of the row).
Keywords: Crop geometry, Dryland, Pearlmillet, Soil moisture