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Long term fertiliser experiment - an index of yield and soil sustainability

Volume : 87
Issue: Jan-mar
Pages: 40 - 43
Published: June 23, 2023
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Abstract


In the field experiment conducted since 1972, crops numbering to 66 have been grown in a fingermillet maize cowpea (fodder) cropping sequence, it was observed that there was a build up in the organic carbon content of the soil. The build up was maximum for the combined application of farmyard manure and optimum NPK (100%). Maximum sustained yield was obtained for the application of 100% NPK + FYM at 10 t ha-1. A combined application of inorganic fertiliser and organic manures therefore is suggested as a means of sustaining the productivity of crops. Regarding the fertility of the soil, the available N status has maintained, P status has been enhanced and there is a marked depletion in K status.

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40 - 43
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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.

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Inorganic Organic Fertilizers Manures Soil fertility
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