Abstract

The study aimed to determine the impact of varying nitrogen and phosphorus levels on the components and production of millet. The effect of different nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations on the growth and yield of millet was assessed. The variety YBS-98 was treated with five different concentrations of nitrogen and potassium during the trial. T1=No fertilizers, T2=N 40+ P 20 %, T3=N 40+ P 25 %, T4=N 40+ P 30 %, T5=N 60+ P 20 %, T6=N 60+ P 25 %, and T7=N 60+ P 30 %, applied varying amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus. The study achieved the best results with a maximum plant height of 222.1 cm, a stem diameter of 0.90 cm, a leaf area per tiller (cm–2 ) of 1785.11, green fodder yields (t ha-1 ) of 77.11 cm, a plant density (m–2 ) of 155.11 cm, a number of leaves per tiller of 12.50 cm, a dry matter percentage of 14.71 cm, a crude fiber percentage of 10.40 cm, a crude protein percentage of 46.20%, and an ash percentage of 7.30 percent. Giving millet nitrogen 60 and phosphorus 30% positively impacted its growth and yield. On the other hand, the control (T1 = no fertilizer) had the lowest results. The minimum plant height was 155.0 cm, the stem diameter was 0.60 cm, the leaf area per tiller (cm-2 ) was 802.91, the green fodder yields (t ha-1 ) were 50.70 cm, the plant density (m-2 ) was 149.11 cm, the number of leaves per tiller was 10.11, the dry matter percentage was 8.01%, the crude fiber percentage was 7.00, the crude protein percentage was 44.11, and the ash percentage was 5.2.

Keywords: Integrated, Applied, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Growth, Millet.