U. BRAMHAIAH*, V. CHANDRIKA, A.V. NAGAVANI, J.V. RAMANA AND P. LATHA

Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural college, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., A.P.

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was carried out during kharif, 2015 on sandy clay loam soils of dryland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with factorial concept and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of four fodder pearlmillet varieties viz., Gaint bajra, BAIF bajra, Raj bajra chari-2 and APFB-09-1 and four nitrogen levels viz., 75, 100, 125 and 150 kg N ha-1. Among the four varieties evaluated, BAIF bajra recorded higher green forage and dry matter yield, higher crude protein and crude protein yield, but total ash content was found to be non-significant with choice of variety during both the cuts. Whereas the variety Raj bajra chari-2 recorded the higher crude fibre content, while the lowest crude fibre content was recorded with the variety BAIF bajra. Applica-tion of 150 kg N ha-1 recorded higher green forage and dry matter yield, higher crude protein, crude protein yield but total ash content was significantly influenced by different nitrogen levels of nitrogen during second cut only. Application of 75 kg N ha-1 recorded the highest crude fiber content.

KEYWORDS:

Crude protein, crude fibre, nitrogen levels, total ash and varieties