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GROWTH AND FORAGE YIELD OF PEARL MILLET AS INFLUENCED BY CUTTING DATE AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION

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Last updated: 30 Jan 2023

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This investigation was conducted at the, Experimental Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt during 2016 and 2017 summer seasons to study the growth and forage yield of Pearl millet. The experiment was arranged in a split plot design with three replications. The treatments consisted of two cutting dates [early at 56 days after sowing (DAS), and late at 63 DAS for the 1st cut, and after 35 and 42 days from the 1st and 2nd cuts for the 2nd and 3rd cuts] respectively and three nitrogen (N) fertilizer levels viz. 15, 30 and 45 kg N/fad./cut. The results indicated that late cutting date significantly produced the highest growth values for each of plant height (238.2 cm), leaf area/plant (4970.2 cm2) and fresh forage weight (164.9 (g)/plant). Also, the highest fresh and dry forage yields (16.88 and 3.541 ton/fad), the highest total fresh seasonal yield (TFSY) and total dry seasonal yield (TDSY) 37.98 and 7.11 ton/fad., were as well recorded by late cutting in both seasons. Apparently, the highest obtained value of each studied growth traits and the forage yield during both growing seasons was achieved by increasing N fertilizer level up to the highest amount (45 kg N/fad./cut), followed by 30 and 15 kg N/fad./cut, respectively.The significant interaction effect between the two studied factors on forage yield indicated that the highest (TDSY) (7.607 ton/fad.) of pearl millet was obtainable at late cutting date under application of 45 kg N/fad./ cut. The results of the present study has concluded that, cutting at 63 DAS followed by 42 and 35 days interval for next cuts (three cuts) with application of 45 kg N/fad./cut is optimum for better growth and yield performance in pearl millet cultivar “Shandaweel 1" under the agro-climatic conditions of Sharkia Governorate in Egypt and similar areas.

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10.21608/zjar.2019.48155

Keywords

Pearl millet, cutting date, nitrogen level, Growth, Forage yield

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Samuel

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Ziki

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J.L.

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Anim. Prod. Dept., Fac. Vet. Sci., Bahr El Ghazal Univ., South Sudan

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samuelziki@yahoo.com

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E.

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Zeidan

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M.I.

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Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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A.

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El-Banna

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Y.A.

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Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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Omar

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E.A

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Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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46

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5

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7446

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2019-09-01

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2019-06-29

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2019-09-30

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1,351

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1,361

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1110-0338

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Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research

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22 Jan 2023