EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF MARVEL GRASS (Dichanthium annulatum L) PRODUCTION

D.G. PATEL¹, S.K. SHAH², K.V. RABARI³*, C.K. PATEL^4
1Regional Research Station, Kothara, 370645, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
²Castor and Mustard research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
³Agricultural Research Station, Aseda, 385535, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
⁴Centre for Natural Resource Management, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : kiranrabari26@gmail.com

Received : 02-05-2022     Accepted : 27-05-2022     Published : 30-05-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 5       Pages : 11327 - 11328
Int J Agr Sci 14.5 (2022):11327-11328

Keywords : Marvel grass, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Economics
Academic Editor : Dr A. K. Soni, Dr Naveena K, Er Prabhat Kumar Dhara, Dr Lawal Mohammad Anka, Mondal Biswajit
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Regional Research Station, Kothara, 370645; Agricultural Research Station, Aseda, 385535; Castor and Mustard research Station and Centre for Natural Resource Management, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The field experiment was carried out during Kharif 2019, 2020 and 2021 at Regional Research Station, S. D. Agricultural University, Kothara, Gujarat. The treatments comprised of three levels of nitrogen (N1:10 kg N/ha, N2: 20 kg N/ha and N3: 30 kg N/ha) and three levels of phosphorus (P1: 0, P2: 20, P3: 40 kg P2O5/ha) was laid out in a factorial randomized block design with three replications. N3P1 i.e., 30 kg nitrogen/ha (N3) without phosphorus application has produced higher net return per hectare of Rs.305856 with BCR of 2.73. While application of 30 kg nitrogen/ha (N3) after each cut recorded higher net return per hectare of Rs. 101291 with BCR of 2.66 and single application of 20 kg P2O5/ha (P2) realized higher net return of Rs. 87020 with BCR of 2.47

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