Effect of Zinc Fertilization on Nutritional Quality of Cowpea Cultivars
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Effect of Zinc Fertilization on Nutritional Quality of Cowpea Cultivars
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Manisha, Rakesh Kumar, Hardev Ram, Nitin Tyagi, Rajesh Kumar Meena,Dinesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Kuldeep Sing
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Cowpea, Fodder quality, Total digestible nutrients, Z
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Background: The improvement in livestock productivity may be possible by availing better quality fodder in adequate quantity to thedairy farmers. Zinc deficiency might be a major factor for lower quality fodder of cowpea. Methods: The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design; comprised of three cowpea cultivars viz., C-152, MFC-08-14 and MFC-09-1 and five zinc management practices viz., control; 10 kg ZnSO4 as basal; 20 kg ZnSO4 as basal; 0.5% ZnSO4 asfoliar spray at 20 DAS; 0.5% ZnSO4 as foliar spray at 20 and 40 DAS. Result: Results revealed that C-152 showed significantly better quality in terms of higher dry matter, crude protein and total ash; andlower acid insoluble ash, neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre and acid detergent lignin amongst all the three varieties. Though,remarkably higher ether extract was obtained with MFC-08-14. Among the zinc management practices, 20 kg ZnSO4as basal (Zn3)and foliar application of 0.5% ZnSO4 at 20 and 40 DAS (Zn5) recorded significant improvement in fodder yield and quality traits of cowpea. Not Available |
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2021-08-05T05:35:21Z
2021-08-05T05:35:21Z 2021-12-01 |
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Article
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Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/53177 |
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English
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ARCC
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