Fodder productivity of Teosinte at different sowing dates in western mid-hills of Nepal / N. R. Devkota in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University, Volume 1 (2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 1 (2017) . - 129-137 p. Title : Fodder productivity of Teosinte at different sowing dates in western mid-hills of Nepal Material Type: printed text Authors: N. R. Devkota, Author ; R. P. Ghimire, Author ; D. P. Adhikari, Author ; C. R. Upreti, Author ; L. N. Poudel, Author ; N. P. Joshi, Author Publication Date: 2017 Article on page: 129-137 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Climate, fodder yield, growth parameters Abstract: Teosinte is getting popular in recent years as an important summer fodder in Nepal, thus developing its package of cultivation practices is a felt need of farmers. An experiment was conducted to identify the appropriate sowing date of teosinte aiming for western mid hills. The experiment was done using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four treatments of varied sowing dates, each replicated for three times at the experimental site of Goat Research Station, Bandipur, Tanahun, Nepal. Varied sowing dates had significant influences on the growth parameters, such as plant height, number of leaves plant-1, number of tillers hill-1 and dried fodder yield. The plants sown at mid-April had higher dried fodder biomass in comparison to the plants sown on 9th May. The change in photoperiods and temperature could have influenced to the fodder yield of teosinte. Adoption of the sowing date of 15th to 23rd April is one of the effective strategies for obtaining higher biomass yield of teosinte in western mid hills that can contribute substantially in mitigating the energy deficit situation to the ruminants. Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/Fodder_productivity_of_Teosinte_%28Euchla [...] [article] Fodder productivity of Teosinte at different sowing dates in western mid-hills of Nepal [printed text] / N. R. Devkota, Author ; R. P. Ghimire, Author ; D. P. Adhikari, Author ; C. R. Upreti, Author ; L. N. Poudel, Author ; N. P. Joshi, Author . - 2017 . - 129-137 p. Languages : English (eng) in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 1 (2017) . - 129-137 p. Keywords: Climate, fodder yield, growth parameters Abstract: Teosinte is getting popular in recent years as an important summer fodder in Nepal, thus developing its package of cultivation practices is a felt need of farmers. An experiment was conducted to identify the appropriate sowing date of teosinte aiming for western mid hills. The experiment was done using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four treatments of varied sowing dates, each replicated for three times at the experimental site of Goat Research Station, Bandipur, Tanahun, Nepal. Varied sowing dates had significant influences on the growth parameters, such as plant height, number of leaves plant-1, number of tillers hill-1 and dried fodder yield. The plants sown at mid-April had higher dried fodder biomass in comparison to the plants sown on 9th May. The change in photoperiods and temperature could have influenced to the fodder yield of teosinte. Adoption of the sowing date of 15th to 23rd April is one of the effective strategies for obtaining higher biomass yield of teosinte in western mid hills that can contribute substantially in mitigating the energy deficit situation to the ruminants. Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/Fodder_productivity_of_Teosinte_%28Euchla [...]