Claim · model-written summary
Protein content and protein yield of pearl millet improved with various treatments over farmers practice, with maximum values for both under SSNM.
- Taxon
- pearl millet
Cenchrus americanust0 - Treatment
- SSNMe0
- Outcome
- protein content and protein yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- farmers’ practicee0
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Verbatim
e0“The protein content and protein yield also improved with various treatments over farmers’ practice and the maximum values for both were recorded under SSNM”
t0“pearl millet”
Title
SANDEEP SINGH; MANOJ PANDEY; VINAY SINGH The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2019. doi:10.56093/ijas.v89i1.86132
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect SSNM significantly increased grain and stover yield of pearl millet compared with the state recommended NPK fertilizers (pooled over two years).
- Intervention effect SSNM increased the grain yield of pearl millet by 30.6% over state recommended NPK fertilizers.
- Intervention effect SSNM increased the grain yield of pearl millet by 42.2% over farmer practice.
- Observation The maximum net profit in pearl millet, Rupees 45209/ha, was obtained under SSNM.
- Observation The maximum benefit-cost ratio in pearl millet, 2.71, was obtained under SSNM.
- Observation The minimum net profit, Rupees 29818/ha, was recorded under farmer practice.
- Observation The minimum benefit-cost ratio, 2.53, was recorded under farmer practice.
- Intervention effect Omitting P caused a grain yield reduction of 22.4% relative to SSNM in pearl millet.
- Intervention effect Omitting K caused a grain yield reduction of 24.0% relative to SSNM in pearl millet.
- Intervention effect Omitting S caused a grain yield reduction of 7.4% relative to SSNM in pearl millet.
- Intervention effect Omitting Zn caused a grain yield reduction of 7.0% relative to SSNM in pearl millet.
- Intervention effect Uptake of N, P, K, S and Zn by pearl millet grain and stover was higher under SSNM than under farmer practice.
- Intervention effect Omitting S and Zn reduced available soil S and Zn status relative to their initial values.
- Intervention effect Soil organic carbon was maximum (4.0 g/kg) with 120 kg N + 60 kg P2O5 + 90 kg K2O + 20 kg S + 4 kg Zn/ha over other treatments.
- Intervention effect Available soil N was highest (204.5 kg/ha) with the full NPK+S+Zn treatment over other treatments.
- Intervention effect Available soil P was highest (16 kg/ha) with the full NPK+S+Zn treatment over other treatments.
- Intervention effect Available soil K was highest (144 kg/ha) with the full NPK+S+Zn treatment over other treatments.
- Intervention effect Available soil S was highest (22.4 kg/ha) with the full NPK+S+Zn treatment over other treatments.
- Intervention effect Available soil Zn was highest (0.61 mg/kg) with the full NPK+S+Zn treatment over other treatments.