Vol. 6 (6) : November-December 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (6) : 1340-1343 ; November-December, 2015
Growth characters of grass fodder cowpea mixtures as influenced by row ratio
M.R. ANITA1* and S. LAKSHMI2
Deptt. of Agronomy, College of Agriculture (Kerala Agric. University), Vellayani - 695 522, Dist. Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(riyasraj1997@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Forage, Fodder Crops and Grasslands
Paper No. : P-3118
Total Pages : 4
Received : 03 January 2015
Revised accepted : 21 October 2015
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Citation :
M.R. ANITA and S. LAKSHMI. 2015. Growth characters of grass fodder cowpea mixtures as influenced by row ratio. Green Farming Vol. 6 (6) : 1340-1343 ; November-December, 2015
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram during January 2012 to March 2014 to find out the effect of grass-fodder cowpea mixtures and row ratio on the growth characters of fodder grasses and fodder cowpea in open and in partial shade. The experiments were laid out in RBD with three replications, comprising of two grasses [G1 - Hybrid napier (Suguna), G2 - Guinea grass (Harithasree)], two fodder cowpea varieties (V1 - COFC-8 (open and shade), V2 - UPC-622 (open), UPC-618 (shade) and three grass legume row ratios (R1 - 1:1, R2 - 1:2, R3 - 1:3). The results indicated the superiority of the grass legume mixture of hybrid napier cv. Suguna with both the fodder cowpea varieties in the grass legume row ratio of 1:3 with respect to plant height, number of branches/tillers and leaf:stem ratio in open and shaded experiments.
Key words :
Hybrid napier grass, Guinea grass, Tiller number, Leaf:stem ratio, Row ratio.
