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EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING ON THE NDF AND ADF CONTENTS OF LUCERNE UNDER VARIED LEVELS ON N AND P

Volume : 77
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 5 - 9
Published: August 16, 2023
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Abstract


Field experiments were conducted to study the possibility of raising intercrops in lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) and the effect of N and P application. The treatments consisted of pure lucerne, pure fodder sorghum, pure fodder maize and lucerne plus fodder sorghum/ fodder maize. To the mixed stand, nine combinations of three levels each of N and P uere applied. The neutral and acid detergent fibre contents of lucerne were greater in the mixed stand of lucerne+fodder sorghum as compared to lucerne + fodder maize. Application of N and P reduced the NDF and ADF contents of the lucerne in the mixed stand.

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5 - 9
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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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Intercropping Neutral-detergent fibre Acid- detergent fibre Lucerne.
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