Sutaria, G.S. and Ramdevputra, M.V. and Ansodaria Shri, V.V. and Akbari, K.N. (2013) Effects of potassium and zinc nutrition on yield and quality of forage sorghum. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 47 (6). pp. 540-544.
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Field studies to determine the effect of potassium @ 20, 40 and 60 kg K2O ha”1 and zinc @ 10 and 20 kg zinc sulphate -ZnSO4 ha”1 revealed that green and dry forage yields of sorghum were significantly influenced due to the application of K and Zn. Application of K @ 40 and 60 kg K2O ha-1 increased green and dry forage yields to the extent of 9.8 and 13.1and 9.7 and 12.9 %, respectively. The green and dry forage yields were increased by 6.2 and 10.2 and 5.9 and 9.7 % respectively due to ZnSO4 @ 10 and 20 kg ha-1 in comparison to without Zn application. The highest net return of Rs.21934 ha- 1 and B:C ratio of 2.51 were recorded with combined application of K @ 40 kg K2O ha-1 and ZnSO4 @ 20 kg ha-1. Protein content and yield were increased progressively with the increasing K and Zn levels. Application of K significantly enhanced the status of organic carbon and available K in the soil at harvest stage of crop. Available P status in the soil decreased significantly due to application of Zn, while, available of S and Zn were significantly increased due to Zn application
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | B:C ratio, Forage sorghum, Soil fertility |
| Author Affiliation: | Junagadh Agricultural University, Targhadia- 360 003, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2014 05:58 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2014 05:58 |
| Official URL: | http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijo... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12731 |
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