Ibrahim, H.I.M. and Hassanen, S.A.A. and Hassan, EL.S.A.
(2015)
Performance of forage millet in response to different
combinations of organic-, inorganic- and bio- fertilizers.
World Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 11 (6).
pp. 423-431.
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Abstract
Plant nutrition plays an important role in crop production and environmental pollution. Thus, a field
experiment was conducted at the farm of Giza Agricultural Research Station, Agricultural Research Center,
Egypt, during 2013 and 2014 summer seasons to determine the effect of the following treatment combinations
of inorganic nitrogen, bio- and organic-fertilizers on growth traits, forage yield and grain quality of forage millet
(var. Shandaweel-1): T1 (recommended N 100%), T2 (50% of N + Microbin), T3 (50% N+ 6 ton fed Compost),
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T4 (50% N+ Microbin + 6 ton fed Compost), T5 (75% of N + Microbin),T6 (75% N+ 3 ton fed Compost) and
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T7 (75% N+ Microbin + 3 ton fed Compost). Results indicated that the studied traits were significantly affected
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by the fertilization treatments. The application of T7 gave the highest values of plant height, number of
tillers/m2, stem diameter, leaf/stem ratio, total fresh and dry forage yields, crude protein, crude fiber, ash, total
digestible nutrient and digestible forage crude protein yields. Germination percentage after 7 days, shoot length,
radical length, seedling fresh weight, 100-grain weight; also protein, carbohydrate, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, P and K
elements in pearl millet grain were increased under T7 application. Afeasibility study proved that forage millet
is economically advisable under treatment T7, where net farm return per year and net return per invested one
L.E. were 9589.5 and 2.9 L.E., respectively. Integrating organic and biofertilizers with inorganic nitrogen are
economically better than using the recommended nitrogen rate (120kg N fed 1). Therefore, it could be possible
to replace 25% of the recommended N mineral fertilization by a mixture of bio-and organic fertilization
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Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Pearl millet Pennisetum glaucum Nitrogen fertilizer Organic fertilizer Biofertilizer Forage
yield Grain quality Net return |
| Author Affiliation: |
Forage Crops Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt |
| Subjects: |
Plant Production |
| Divisions: |
Millet |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
09 Mar 2016 05:13 |
| Last Modified: |
09 Mar 2016 05:13 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14210 |
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