Evaluation of Different Blended Fertilizer Types and Rates for Better Production of Bread Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) at Adiyo District, South West Ethiopia

Ute Guja; Konjit Abreham; Tatek Mekuria; Henok Tsegaye

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Evaluation of Different Blended Fertilizer Types and Rates for Better Production of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at Adiyo District, South West Ethiopia

Ute Guja, Konjit Abreham, Tatek Mekuria, Henok Tsegaye

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 6)

Received: 4 September 2021 Accepted: 23 September 2021 Published: 12 November 2021

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Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important food crop and source of income for farmers. It is the most responsive crop to fertilizer application. Field experiment was carried out on farmer's field in 2016/17 and 2017/18 main cropping seasons to evaluate the response of bread wheat to different blended fertilizers types and rates at Adiyo district, Southwestern Ethiopia. Eight treatments: Control (T1), four rates of NPSB: (46N, 54P₂O₅, 10S, 1.07B (T2); 69N, 72P₂O₅, 13S, 1.4B (T3), 92N, 90P₂O₅, 17S, 1.7B (T4) and 92N, 36P₂O₅, 7S, 0.71B (T5)) and three rates of NPSB+Cu: T2+Cu (T6), T3+Cu (T7), T4+Cu (T8) were laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. Crop parameters measured were analyzed using proc GLM procedures in the SAS 9.3 version. Analysis was also performed to investigate the economic feasibility of the fertilizers for wheat production. Results indicated that application of both types and three rates of each fertilizer significantly (p < 0.05) affected all tested parameters except thousand seed weight, which was improved by only T4. The highest biomass (14.80 ton ha^-1) and grain yield (6.537 ton ha^-1) were obtained from application of highest rate of NPSB+Cu (T8) whereas the lowest biomass (9.36 ton ha^-1) and grain yield (3.657 ton ha^-1) were obtained from untreated soil. The application of NPSB+Cu (T8) also gave highest net benefit of Birr 46637.10 and acceptable MRR% was 151.02%. Hence farmers at the study area and similar agro-ecology could use NPSB+Cu @ a rate (92N, 90P₂O_5, 17S, 1.7B) and 600 gm Cu as foliar application. However, further verification study is needed to give reliable and consistent recommendation.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijaas.20210706.12
Page(s)	264-268
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Blended Fertilizers, Bread Wheat, Economic Benefit, Foliar Application, Grain Yield

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Ute Guja, Konjit Abreham, Tatek Mekuria, Henok Tsegaye. Evaluation of Different Blended Fertilizer Types and Rates for Better Production of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at Adiyo District, South West Ethiopia. Int J Appl Agric Sci. 2021;7(6):264-268. doi: 10.11648/j.ijaas.20210706.12

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Ute Guja

South Agricultural Research Institute, Bonga Agricultural Research Center, Bonga, Ethiopia
Konjit Abreham

South Agricultural Research Institute, Bonga Agricultural Research Center, Bonga, Ethiopia
Tatek Mekuria

South Agricultural Research Institute, Bonga Agricultural Research Center, Bonga, Ethiopia
Henok Tsegaye

South Agricultural Research Institute, Bonga Agricultural Research Center, Bonga, Ethiopia

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AU  - Ute Guja
AU  - Konjit Abreham
AU  - Tatek Mekuria
AU  - Henok Tsegaye
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