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Effects of N, P and K on Yield of Grain Sorghum in the Central Rainlands of the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Faisal M. Ali
Affiliation:
Kenana Research Station, Abu Naama, Sudan
Farouk A. Salih
Affiliation:
Kenana Research Station, Abu Naama, Sudan

Summary

Mechanized crop production schemes continue to be the main source of grain sorghum in the Sudan, where fertilizer experiments have shown that applications of NP and NPK significantly increase the grain yield of continuous sorghum, though economic increases could be obtained by the application of nitrogen.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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