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Nitrogen Application for Short-Term Forages in Saudi Arabia. II. Summer Annuals: Maize, Proso Millet and Foxtail Millet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

P. W. Bartholomew  and
R. J. Williams
P. W. Bartholomew
Affiliation:
University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
R. J. Williams
Affiliation:
University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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Summary

Nitrogen fertilizer requirements and potential forage yield of maize and two millet types grown under irrigation in Saudi Arabia were assessed. Nitrogen application at 50 kg/ha produced mean yields of up to 15.7 t/ha in maize variety Pioneer H.3147. Splitting the nitrogen application did not significantly affect yield. Nitrogen above 100 kg/ha did not significantly increase DM yield of Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum). Mean total DM yields of 17.6 t/ha of Setaria italica were produced, after 111 days, with 150–200 kg/ha of nitrogen; 150 kg/ha of P2O5 produced a mean DM yield 7.9% higher than 75 kg P2O5/ha.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 281 - 289
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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