NUTRIENT-USE PATTERN AND BALANCE-SHEET OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS UNDER SUMMER GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA)-RAINY-SEASON PEARLMILLET (PENNISETUM-GLAUCUM) CROP SEQUENCE IN MIDDLE GUJARAT

Authors
PATEL TD PATEL JR PATEL JB
Citation
Td. Patel et al., NUTRIENT-USE PATTERN AND BALANCE-SHEET OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS UNDER SUMMER GROUNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA)-RAINY-SEASON PEARLMILLET (PENNISETUM-GLAUCUM) CROP SEQUENCE IN MIDDLE GUJARAT, Indian Journal of Agronomy, 39(4), 1994, pp. 532-538
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Indian Journal of Agronomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0537197X
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
532 - 538
Database
ISI
SICI code
0537-197X(1994)39:4<532:NPABOM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
An experiment was conducted during rainy season of 1987 and 1988 to st udy the nutrient-uptake pattern and change in the soil fertility statu s under summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)-rainy-season pearlmille t [Penniserum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz] crop sequence. Nitrog en had direct as well as residual effect on NPK uptake by both the cro ps. Direct effect of P application was noticed for NPK uptake by both the crops, whereas its residual effect was found significant only for P uptake by pearlmillet. The total N showed positive balance at high-f ertility level, whereas available P and K showed negative balance in t he soil after 2-year cycle. Both the crops responded well to N and P. The residual effect of N was observed in pearlmillet crop.