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Yield and economics of maize- sunflower cowpea cropping system as influenced by phosphorus management practices

Volume : 89
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 269 - 271
Published: June 17, 2023
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Abstract


Field experiments were carried out during 1997-98 and 1998-99 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, to study the effect of phosphorus sources and levels in a maize sunflower- fodder cowpea croppmg system. The maize grain equivalent yield MGE increased when SSP was applied with microbial inoculants with 75 % recommended level of P2O2 when applied to all the three crops in the system. The economics of the system revealed that SSP with microbial inoculants, P2O2 at 75% recommended level, P2O2 for maize and sunflower and skipping P2O2 for fodder cowpea was found to be economical.

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269 - 271
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Phosphorus Maize Grain Equivalent Cropping system Economics.
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