Lund, Z.F. and Doss, B.D. and Lowry, F.E. (1975) Dairy cattle manure - its effect on rye and millet forage yield and quality. Journal of Environmental Quality, 4 (2). pp. 195-198.
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Fresh dairy cattle manure was rototilled into a loamy sand and a sandy loam soil for 3 years at annual rates of 22.5, 45, 90, 180 or 270 t DM/ha and the plots double-cropped with pearl millet sown in spring and rye sown in autumn for forage. The highest yield of pearl millet on loamy sand was obtained at 90 t/ha. On sandy loam yields rose steadily as manuring increased to the highest rate. Forage of good quality, acceptably low in nitrate, was produced at 22.5 and 45 t/ha. At higher rates only rye on loamy sand had a nitrate content of <1%. Most treatments produced tetany-prone forage, but pearl millet manured at 22.5 and 45 t/ha had a 3-year average ratio of K:(Ca+Mg) just below the 2.2 limit on both sites
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Author Affiliation: | Auburn University. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, AL 36830, USA |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2012 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2012 12:58 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq1975.0047242500040002... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5238 |
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