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Effect of nitrogen fertilization and cutting management on the yield and quality of herbage of teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana Schrad.)

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Virendra Singh
Department of Agronomy, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital - 263145, India
S.P. Sharma
Department of Agronomy, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital - 263145, India
S.S. Verma
Department of Agronomy, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital - 263145, India
Y.P. Joshi
Department of Agronomy, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital - 263145, India
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Keywords

Teosinte
N fertilization
Cutting management

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Effect of nitrogen fertilization and cutting management on the yield and quality of herbage of teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana Schrad.). (1988). Tropical Agriculture, 65(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1924
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Abstract

Both herbage yield and quality of teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana Schrad.) increased with increase in N application. The increase in herbage yield with 100 kg N ha-1 was significant in single-cut and with 150 kg N ha-1 in a two-cut system. Single-cut management was, however, significantly (P = 0.05) superior over two-cut management in yield but the reverse was true in herbage quality expressed as crude protein content and digestibility. In single-cut, delay in harvest from tassel to silk stage improved the yield but lowered the quality.
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