Influence of Integrated Nutrient Management with differential substitution of Farm Yard Manure on Grain Yield and Straw Yield of dual purpose rabi fodders
Abstract
Afield experiment was carried out at the Research Farm of Division of Agronomy of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, Chatha during the rabi season of 2017-18. The soil of the experiment was sandy clay loam in texture, slightly alkaline in reaction, low inorganic carbon, available nitrogen and medium in available phosphorus and potassium. The experiment was carried out in randomized block design with 12 treatments and 3 replications. Three different dual purpose rabi fodders viz. Oat, Barley and Wheat were subjected to four integrated nutrient management treatments. The treatments consisted of oat with recommended dose of fertilizers + 25%N through FYM(T ), oat with 75% 1 recommended dose of fertilizers + 50% N through FYM (T ), oat with 50% recommended dose of fertilizers+ 75% N through 2 FYM (T ), oat with 25% recommended dose of fertilizers+100% N through FYM (T ), barley with recommended dose of 3 4 fertilizers+ 25% N through FYM (T ), barley with 75% recommended dose of fertilizers+50% N through FYM (T ), barley 5 6 with 50% recommended dose of fertilizers+75% N through FYM (T ), barley with 25% recommended dose of fertilizers+100% 7 N through FYM (T ), wheat with recommended dose of fertilizers+25%N through FYM (T ), wheat with 75% recommended 8 9 dose of fertilizers+50% N through FYM (T ), wheat with 50% recommended dose of fertilizers+75% N through FYM (T ), 10 11 wheat with 25% recommended dose of fertilizers+100% N through FYM (T ). Among all the treatments, recommended dose 12 of fertilizers along with 25% N through FYM proved superior in terms of grain and Straw yield. Similarly, the lowest values were obtained where 25% of recommended dose of fertilizers along with 100% of N through FYM was applied.
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Introduction
Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and about 58% of the Indian population depends on agriculture (http://www.ibef.org). Due to diverse agro-climatic conditions, successful production of different types of crops could be possible. Different cereals, pulses, oilseeds, beverages, spices etc. are grown on Indian soils. However, we are still far behind in the production of forage, both quantatively and qualitatively for feeding the large livestock population (Sharma, 2008). With the decline in the size of agricultural landholdings and growing food security concern, there is no scope to increase area under fodder production. In order to meet the problems of land shortage and fodder scarcity, cultivation of dual purpose fodders could be abetter option. Therefore, growing dual purpose cereal forages can serve both the concerns of growing food demand and food shortage. The demand and supply of green fodder can be covered upto a certain extent by growing dual purpose cereal varieties (Hundal et al., 2014). Hence, it is very essential to maximize the quantity and quality of dual purpose fodder production per unit area and time by proper management of grassland, pasture and also by utilising proper agro-techniques for fodder production (Jat et al., 2015).
Conclusion
Based on one season study, it can be concluded that the application of recommended dose of fertilizers along with 25% N through FYM proved superior in terms of grain and straw yield. Among different dual purpose rabi fodders, wheat was found to be superior followed by barley and oat respectively.
