Farnworth, J. and Ruxton, I.B. (1974) The effect of phosphate application on yield and composition of forage barley and sorghum grown as reclamation crops in irrigated arid zone conditions. Project Report. Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract
Forage barley sown in Feb., followed by forage sorghum cut 3 times, was used as a system for reclaiming desert soil at Hofuf, Saudi Arabia. P2O5 was applied monthly at 0-80 kg/ha. Barley yields increased significantly with increase in rate of applied P and at 80 kg/ha the yield was 4.78 t DM/ha. Sorghum gave a non-significant response to P and gave the highest yield (22.32 t/ha) at a rate of 40 kg P2O5/ha; this was only about 25% higher than the yield without applied P. Combined yields of barley and sorghum for a 10-month period were highest with 40 kg P2O5/ha which yielded 26.08 t/ha. These results suggested that sorghum has a very low P requirement
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Author Affiliation: | University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2012 04:46 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2012 04:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6910 |
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