Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
PD Patil, PN Karanjikar, SB Deshmukh, MR Sawadadkar and OR Kale

Abstract:
An agronomic investigation was carried out at the experimental farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Latur (Maharashtra), during kharif, 2022 to examine the impact of fertilizer levels on growth and yield of fodder sorghum varieties. Three levels of each factor were included in the factorial randomized block design (FRBD). Nine treatment combination, each consisting of two factors with fertilizer levels and varieties were tested. First factor consist of different fertilizer levels viz. F1 (75% RDF), F2 (100% RDF) and F3 (125% RDF) and second factor consist of three varieties viz. V1 (Dagadi), V2 (CSH 22 SS) and V3 (Phule Suchitra). The results stated that application of 125% RDF (F3) recorded significantly higher growth and yield attributes which was comparable with 100% RDF (F2) and it was significantly superior over 75% RDF (F1). Among the fodder sorghum varieties CSH 22 SS (V2) recorded significantly higher growth and yield attributes which was comparable with Phule Suchitra (V3) and significantly superior over Dagadi jowar (V1).