Department of Agronomy, School of Plant and Horticulture Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Nitrogen rates and timing effects on yield and yield components of bread wheat (Tritium aestivum l.) at Maokomo
  Author(s): M Megersa*, T Yoseph and W Worku
  
  Low available soil nutrient status and reduced plant-use-efficiency are some of the major constraints limiting bread wheat yield in growing areas of Ethiopia. Ensuring a well-balanced supply of N to the bread wheat crop may result in higher grain yield. The national recommendation of nitrogen fertilizer rate is 46 kg N ha-1 and this rate is recommended to most of the farmer to apply in two splits, i.e., is 30% at sowing and 70% at tillering stage but in the study area there is little knowledge among farmers. Therefore a field experiment was conducted during 2018 main cropping season in western mid-latitude of Ethiopia to evaluate the effects of rates and timing of nitrogen on yield and yield components as well as nutrient use-efficiency of bread wheat, which was grown on Nitisol of Benshangul Gumuz region. The treatments studied consists of three N rates (46, 69, and 92 kg .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.15651/2408-5456.22.10.049

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