Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) has excellent adaptability, as it can be successfully grown in the arid regions of the world. Because of climate change, the lacking precipitation and the increasing average temperature significantly expand the plant’s growing zone. In our experiment, our group was the first in Hungary who studied the development of the yielding elements of two Indian millet genotypes (Dhanashakti variety and ICMH 1301 hybrid) under different soil conditions. The growing time of the two examined genotypes was between 117–125 days, the experimental stocks were sown in early June. Of the evaluated parameters, the development of the spike length proved to be the most stable, and we experienced the smallest site and genotype effect. We examined the high variability of parameters in total weight of the spike, the diameter of the spike, the number of seeds per spike, and the weight of the seeds per spike. The Dhanashakti’s seed weight per spike was 30.42 g, the ICMH 1301 hybrid’s seed weight per spike was 60.04 g. The thousand seed weight of the examined genotypes was 11.99 g and 14.78 g. As a result ofthe correlation analysis, ofthe different crop parameters, the seed weight per spike was influenced mostly by the other examined yield forming elements. Despite the factthat our sowing date was in early June, we were able to observe proper vegetative and generative development in our studies. The potential productivity of Pearl millet genotypes under different soil conditions (based on the results of one year) is potentially between 2–6 t ha-1.

Keywords: pearl millet, yield element, thousand seed weight, yield