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Effect of preceding crops on the nitrogen requirement of pearl millet and phosphorus requirement of chickpea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. S. Narwal  and
D. S. Malik
S. S. Narwal
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India
D. S. Malik
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India
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Summary

A 2-year field study indicated that pearl millet yielded more when sown after fallow, cow pea and green gram than after maize. Preceding fallow, cow pea and green gram reduced the nitrogen requirement of pearl millet by 40 kg/ha compared with maize. Pearl millet responded linearly up to the highest rate of nitrogen (80 kg/ha). N applied to millet had no residual effect on the subsequent crop of chickpea. The chickpea yield followed the order fallow > green gram ≥ cow pea > maize. Chickpea responded to phosphorus up to 40 kg/ha. Green gram-pearl millet-chickpea proved the most profitable cropping sequence. Continuous cropping and application of nitrogen and phosphorus improved the organic carbon and available phosphorus but decreased the available potassium status of the soil.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , August 1987 , pp. 61 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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