Abstract
Background: A significant impediment to the advancement of animal husbandry in India is the insufficient availability of green fodder throughout the year. The nutritive quality of forages is heavily influenced by farm-level management practices. Consequently, there is a pressing need to enhance productivity through the implementation of proper agronomic practices. The nutrient management in fodder-based cropping sequence is a key to maximize the fodder production and its quality. Methods: A field experiment was conducted using a randomized block design, consisting of twelve treatments incorporating various organic sources of nutrients. The experiment was replicated thrice during Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The treatments included different proportions (100, 75, 50 and 25%) of the recommended dose of nitrogen applied through FYM, vermicompost and bio compost. Result: The experiment results of the three years study revealed that application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicompost recorded the higher green fodder yield of 691 q/ha, dry matter yield of 130.7 q/ha and crude protein yield of 19.3 q/ha. Correlation and regression analysis also indicated that the growth and yield attributes had a positive impact on the fodder yield. Hence it can be recommended that application of FYM and vermicompost (50 and 50% RDN) found better source of organic nutrients for achieving sustainable and economical fodder yield with quality in fodder cowpea-maize cropping system.
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Claim · model-written summary
Applying 50% RDN through FYM plus 50% RDN through vermicompost gave the higher green fodder yield of 691 q/ha in fodder cowpea-maize.
- Taxon
- Cowpea-Maizet0
- Treatment
- application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicomposte1
- Outcome
- green fodder yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 691 q/hae1
- Setting
- Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoree2
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Verbatim
t0“Fodder Cowpea-Maize System”
e1“application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicompost recorded the higher green fodder yield of 691 q/ha, dry matter yield of 130.7 q/ha and crude protein yield of 19.3 q/ha”
e2“The experiment was replicated thrice during Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 50% RDN through FYM plus 50% RDN through vermicompost gave the higher dry matter yield of 130.7 q/ha in fodder cowpea-maize.
- Taxon
- Cowpea-Maizet0
- Treatment
- application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicomposte1
- Outcome
- dry matter yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 130.7 q/hae1
- Setting
- Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoree2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“Fodder Cowpea-Maize System”
e1“application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicompost recorded the higher green fodder yield of 691 q/ha, dry matter yield of 130.7 q/ha and crude protein yield of 19.3 q/ha”
e2“The experiment was replicated thrice during Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 50% RDN through FYM plus 50% RDN through vermicompost gave the higher crude protein yield of 19.3 q/ha in fodder cowpea-maize.
- Taxon
- Cowpea-Maizet0
- Treatment
- application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicomposte1
- Outcome
- crude protein yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 19.3 q/hae1
- Setting
- Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoree2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“Fodder Cowpea-Maize System”
e1“application of 50% RDN through FYM+ 50% RDN through vermicompost recorded the higher green fodder yield of 691 q/ha, dry matter yield of 130.7 q/ha and crude protein yield of 19.3 q/ha”
e2“The experiment was replicated thrice during Kharif and Rabi season 2020-22 at Department of Forage Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore”
Claim · model-written summary
In correlation and regression analysis, growth and yield attributes had a positive impact on fodder yield in fodder cowpea-maize.
Verbatim
t0“Fodder Cowpea-Maize System”
e3“Correlation and regression analysis also indicated that the growth and yield attributes had a positive impact on the fodder yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend FYM and vermicompost (50 and 50% RDN) as a better organic nutrient source for sustainable and economical fodder yield with quality in cowpea-maize.
Verbatim
t0“Fodder Cowpea-Maize System”
e4“application of FYM and vermicompost (50 and 50% RDN) found better source of organic nutrients for achieving sustainable and economical fodder yield with quality in fodder cowpea-maize cropping system”