Effect of Phosphorous and Potash Fertilizer on Green Fodder and Seed Yield of Berseem (Egyptian clover) under Faisalabad Conditions
Keywords:
Yield, berseem, flowering, capsule, fodder and tillers.Abstract
A field trial was conducted for two years 2015 and 2016, at Agronomy (Forage Production) Section Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad to see the effect of phosphorous and potash fertilizer on green fodder yield and seed yield of berseem. Two phosphorous levels 60kgs and 90 kgs per hectare and three potash fertilizer levels 0, 30, 60 kgs per hectare were applied in a plot size of 3m x 6m. Recommended doses of N and irrigations were applied. Lay out of the experiment was split plot design with three repeats. Physical parameters such as final plant height (cm ) .No of tillers per plant , No of plants per meter square, green fodder yield tons per hectare, No of seeds per capsule,1000 grain weight (gm.) and seed yield data tons per hectare were recorded. It was revealed from the recorded data that in the treatment T-6 (P=90, K= 60 Kgs per hectare) gave maximum plant height 64.66 cm, no of plants per meter square (173), No of tillers per plant (11.66) and green fodder yield (92.33 tons per hectare), No of seeds per capsule (61.0), Thousands grain wt 92.44 gm) and seed yield (1.14 tons per hectare) which is more than all the treatments in the experiment. Based on these observations, this can easily be concluded that by using 90 kgs phosphorous and 60 kgs potash per hectare in berseem we can easily achieve maximum green fodder and seed yield.
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