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INFLUENCE OF SEASON AND N, P AND K NUTRIENTS ON THE GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF MS 51 41 A AND THE YIELD OF KM 2 BAJRA HYBRID SEED

Abstract

                                Field experiment conducted during summer and winter seasons of 1979, revealed that (1) application of N significantly influenced the period of flowering, plant height and number of productive tillers; (ii) application of P resulted in significant differ- ences in the flowering period and number of productive tillers; (iii) K application increased the plant height and number of productivo tillers in the winter season only; (iv) the optimum doses of N, P and k for obtaining maximum yield of quality seed was 100, 50 and 50 kg/ha, respectively and (v) the yiold of seed was higher from the winter than from the summer crop.

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