Distribution of nitrogen in different plant parts of sorghum and amino acid composition of its grain as affected by foliar application of urea

Gupta, A K and Gupta, Y.P. (1975) Distribution of nitrogen in different plant parts of sorghum and amino acid composition of its grain as affected by foliar application of urea. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 9 (1-2). pp. 31-36.

[img] PDF
Restricted to ICRISAT researchers only

Abstract

Foliar spraying at the flowering stage in conjunction with a basal application of 75 kg N/ha significantly increased the total dry matter, grain yield, crude protein content of grain and nitrogen content of roots, stems and leaves of two varieties of sorghum. The percentages of lysine, leucine and tryptophan in grain protein decreased but the lysine-leucine ratio remained unaffected. Foliar spraying with urea has not proved effective therefore in improving grain quality

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Indian Agricultural Research Institutute, New Delhi, India
Subjects: Plant Protection
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 30 Jul 2012 07:31
Last Modified: 30 Jul 2012 07:32
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7043

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
EPrints Logo
eprints is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.