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Effect of Zinc Fertilization on Nutritional Quality of Cowpea Cultivars

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Title Effect of Zinc Fertilization on Nutritional Quality of Cowpea Cultivars
 
Creator Manisha, Rakesh Kumar, Hardev Ram, Nitin Tyagi, Rajesh Kumar Meena,Dinesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Kuldeep Sing
 
Subject 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.
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Date 2021-08-05T05:35:21Z
2021-08-05T05:35:21Z
2021-12-01
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/53177
 
Language English
 
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Publisher ARCC