Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Irrigated Forage Pearl Millet (Pennisetum americanum L.K. Shcum)

Abstract

to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on two local cultivars of pearl millet (Wad Ahana and Dembi) under irrigation conditions. The experiments were conducted by using a split plot arrangement, two cultivars as main plots and the five nitrogen levels as sub plots. The parameters measured were fresh weight (kg), dry weight (kg), plant height (cm), number of tillers/plant, stem diameter (cm), number of leaves/plant and forage fresh weight (t/ha). The statistical analysis was recorded to separate the means. The results revealed positive significant effects on fresh weight, dry weight, number of leaves/plant and forage yield which indicate the ability to grow millet successfully during April as a forage crop. The results recorded that additional nitrogen rate of 120 kg N/fed obtained significant effects in both seasons. The results showed that Dembi cultivar has a wide response to nitrogen fertilizer under irrigation conditions in both seasons. This study cleared that local cultivars of pearl millet could not obtain positive grain yield due to the effect of temperature and a long day light in April -July, but it was good for forage yield. Furthermore, local cultivars of millet need more genetic and selective experiments to create a new resistant type.

Sargodha Bajra-2020:a High Green Fodder Yielding Milletvariety With Better Nutritional Value and Grain Yield

“…The present results could be strongly supported by the findings of Iqbal et al, (2022); Abbas et al, (2021); Soliman (2000). These results are in harmony with the previous findings of Bramhaiah et al (2018), Ibrahim et al (2014) and Joshi et al (2018). CONCLUSION Pearl millet Sargodha Bajra-2020 varietyhigh fodder yielding with better nutritional value and good for grain yield was developed by Fodder Research Institute Sargodha.…”

Performance of Two Fodder Pearl Millet Varieties under Different Seeding and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates أداء صنفين من دخن العلف تحت تأثير معدلات التقاوى والتسميد النتروجينى

“…The increase of yield with increasing nitrogen dose was reflecting of the growth being promoted by nitrogen which is reflected on fresh yield and dry. Similar result was obtained by Ibrahim et al (2014) who reported higher yields of dry with increasing levels of nitrogen.…”

Effect of Planting Distances and Nitrogen Fertilization on Growth, Forage Yield and Quality of Millet Crop

“…The reason for the superiority of the distance of 70 cm between the lines in the number of leaves per plant may be due to its superiority in the number of tillers per plant. It was found from the results of the same table that the level of fertilization (75 kg N ha -1 ) was significantly superior to the rest of the levels and gave an average of 29.42 leaf plant -1 , while the comparison treatment gave the lowest average for the trait amounted to 19.08 leaf plant -1 , and this result agreed with the findings of [8].…”

“…From the results of Table (8), we note that there are significant differences between the planting distances in their effect on the percentage of protein in the plant, as the distance 70 cm gave the highest mean for the trait amounted to 9.96%, while the distance 40 cm gave the lowest mean for the trait amounted to 9.54%, which did not differ significantly from the distance 50 cm, giving an average of 9.62%. The reason for this may be that the distance of 70 cm between the lines has provided a better opportunity for plants in terms of growth, especially root growth due to the lack of competition, which made the absorption of nitrogen better and in a higher quantity as a result of the small number of plants per unit area, and that an increase in absorption necessarily means an increase in the concentration of nitrogen In plant tissues, which led to an increase in its percentage in the vegetative part, and the result agreed with [7], who noticed that increasing the plant distance increases the percentage of protein in the leaves.…”