Table 1 Effect of cutting scheduling and integrated nutrient management on plant height, leaf stem ratio and yield of fodder oat.
Treatment | Plant height (cm) | Leaf stem ratio | Green fodder yield (q ha−1) | Dry matter yield (q ha−1) | Seed yield (q ha−1) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y1 | Y2 | Pooled | Y1 | Y2 | Pooled | Y1 | Y2 | Pooled | Y1 | Y2 | Pooled | Y1 | Y2 | Pooled | |||
Cutting Scheduling | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | 100.9 | 111.2 | 106.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21.4 | 21.7 | 21.6 | ||
C2 | 76.2 | 89.3 | 82.8 | 0.23 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 218.0 | 224.8 | 221.4 | 29.4 | 37.5 | 33.4 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.1 | ||
C3 | 83.2 | 86.9 | 85.0 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 519.5 | 533.6 | 526.5 | 85.5 | 99.0 | 92.3 | – | – | – | ||
SEm ± | 2.21 | 1.32 | 1.77 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.025 | 9.58 | 5.36 | 7.47 | 2.09 | 1.49 | 1.79 | 0.97 | 0.53 | 0.75 | ||
CD at 5% | 6.48 | 3.88 | 5.18 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 29.1 | 16.26 | 22.65 | 6.34 | 4.51 | 5.43 | NS | 1.61 | 1.61 | ||
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | 83.9 | 96.9 | 90.4 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.555 | 342.9 | 355.9 | 349.4 | 55.4 | 65.2 | 60.3 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 19.4 | ||
N2 | 92.4 | 95.6 | 94.0 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 345.3 | 370.2 | 357.8 | 52.9 | 67.4 | 60.1 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 21.0 | ||
N3 | 85.9 | 92.6 | 89.2 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 404.6 | 409.1 | 406.8 | 62.0 | 71.8 | 66.9 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 23.5 | ||
N4 | 84.8 | 98.0 | 91.4 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 382.1 | 381.8 | 381.9 | 59.4 | 68.6 | 64.0 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 19.5 | ||
SEm ± | 1.91 | 1.14 | 1.53 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 6.77 | 3.79 | 1.95 | 1.48 | 1.05 | 1.27 | 0.68 | 0.38 | 0.53 | ||
CD at 5% | 5.62 | 3.36 | NS | NS | 0.05 | 0.05 | 20.54 | 11.5 | 5.93 | 4.48 | 3.19 | 3.84 | 2.07 | 1.14 | 1.61 | ||
Interaction between cutting scheduling and integrated nutrient management | |||||||||||||||||
SEm ± | 3.83 | 2.29 | 1.99 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 13.54 | 7.58 | 3.91 | 2.96 | 2.1 | 2.53 | 1.37 | 0.75 | 1.06 | ||
CD at 5% | 11.61 | 6.94 | 6.04 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | ||
