Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9029
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2329-9029
+44 1478 350008
Khanum Al Akbari WM
India
Research Article
Potassium Fertilization - An Effective Mitigator of Unused Nitrogen in
Forage Sorghum
Author(s): Khanum Al Akbari WM and Shahid Umar
Khanum Al Akbari WM and Shahid Umar
Forages tend to accumulate elevated levels of nitrate when fields are heavily fertilized with nitrogenous fertilizers or are environmentally stressed due to drought, cold, frost, hail, etc. Elevated levels of nitrate have detrimental effects on animal health and are regarded as a causative factor for several mass cattle-death incidents. It was observed that nitrate concentration in Sorghum bicolor L. obtained from local fields of Uttar Pradesh (Ghaziabad and Meerut) and Haryana (Gurgaon and Faridabad) exceeded the safe limit (2500 mg of nitrate kg-1 of fresh wt.) in a significant number of samples (31.7%) studied. Given this, the investigation was conducted in earthen pots to determine nitrate contents in 16 genotypes of S. bicolor L. A significant difference in nitrate content was observed among genotypes, many of which accumulated nitrate t.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-9029.1000126