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Responses of Cereals to Fertilizers in Northern Nigeria. I. Sorghum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

P. R. Goldsworthy
P. R. Goldsworthy
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Northern Nigeria
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Summary

As part of a programme to improve production of the main food crops of Northern Nigeria, trials were carried out to investigate the effect of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer on the grain yield of sorghum. Five fertilizer response areas have been defined and estimates have been made of the most profitable combinations and levels of phosphorus and nitrogen to use in each area. Fertilizers produced the greatest increase in yield in the two response areas which cover the north of the country.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 29 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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