Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Suman Shital, Suman Sashi and Birendra Kumar

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Forage field as station trial under All India Coordinated Research Project on (Forage Crops & Utilization) with the collaboration of Agrostology unit of College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Ranchi (Jharkhand) to Evaluate rabi fodder crops with different plant density and nitrogen levels under late sown condition during two consecutive Kharif seasons from 2019, 2020 and 2021. Finding of the experiment showed that, rabi fodder viz Oat, Rye grass and Berseem grown with 25 per cent more seeds or plant population and fertilized with 50 per cent more nitrogen than their respective doses recorded better growth and yield than lower levels of plant density and nitrogen levels. In Oat, Rye grass & Berseem the more plant height (108, 56 & 53 cm), tillers per square meter (368, 381 & 411), Leaf Area Index (LAI 3.36, 1.83 & 0.62), Leaf: Stem ratio (1.63,4.22 & 0.62), Green fodder yield (GFY 353.61, 282.63 & 430.61 q ha^-1), Dry fodder yield (DFY 113.7, 57.52 & 79.69 q ha^-1) and Per day productivity (3.21, 2.57 & 3.91 q ha^-1day^-1) were observed.