Abstract
In Ethiopia’s highlands and middle lands, finger millet is a significant food and beverage crop; but, poor farming practices and ineffective fertilizer use have led to nutrient depletion and declining crop yields. In light of this, a study was done to determine the integrated effect of vermicompost and inorganic fertilizer on yield and soil physico-chemical properties of finger millet. The four levels of vermicompost, three recommended rates of NPSB and urea are integrated in the treatment with recommended and fertilizer alone. A Randomized Complete Block Design was used to set up the experiment, with fifteen treatments and three replications. The application of 100:25 integration resulted in the greatest dry biomass weight and straw with the application of 25:50 % vermicompost, NPSB and urea, the greatest harvest index and grain yield of finger millet. The application of 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1 produced the maximum net benefit, Ethiopian birr 56,475.9 ha−1, with a marginal rate of return of 93.63%. Therefore, to boost the productivity of finger millet, farmers in the research region are advised to apply 25:50% vermicompost (1.16 tons ha−1), and NPSB and urea fertilizer (50 kg NPSB ha−1 and 45 kg urea ha−1).
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Claim · model-written summary
Applying 100:25 integration gave the greatest dry biomass weight and straw of finger millet in Gobu Sayo district, Ethiopia.
- Taxon
- finger millet
Eleusine coracanat0 - Treatment
- 100:25 integratione1
- Outcome
- dry biomass weight and strawe1
- Direction
- greateste1
- Setting
- Gobu Sayo district, Ethiopiat1
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t0“finger millet yield”
e1“The application of 100:25 integration resulted in the greatest dry biomass weight and straw”
t1“at Gobu Sayo district, Ethiopia”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 25:50 % vermicompost, NPSB and urea gave the greatest harvest index and grain yield of finger millet.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanae2
- Treatment
- 25:50 % vermicompost, NPSB and ureae2
- Outcome
- harvest index and grain yielde2
- Direction
- greateste2
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Verbatim
e2“with the application of 25:50 % vermicompost, NPSB and urea, the greatest harvest index and grain yield of finger millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1 gave the maximum net benefit of Ethiopian birr 56,475.9 ha−1 in finger millet.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1e3
- Outcome
- net benefite3
- Direction
- maximume3
- Value
- Ethiopian birr 56,475.9 ha−1e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“finger millet yield”
e3“The application of 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1 produced the maximum net benefit, Ethiopian birr 56,475.9 ha−1”
Claim · model-written summary
The 25:50% integrated fertilizer treatment gave a marginal rate of return of 93.63% in finger millet.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanat0
- Treatment
- 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1e3
- Outcome
- marginal rate of returne4
- Value
- 93.63%e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“finger millet yield”
e3“The application of 25:50% integrated fertilizers 50 and 45 kg ha−1 produced the maximum net benefit, Ethiopian birr 56,475.9 ha−1”
e4“with a marginal rate of return of 93.63%”
Claim · model-written summary
Farmers in the research region are advised to apply 25:50% vermicompost with 50 kg NPSB ha−1 and 45 kg urea ha−1 to boost finger millet productivity.
- Taxon
- finger milletEleusine coracanae5
- Outcome
- productivitye5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“to boost the productivity of finger millet, farmers in the research region are advised to apply 25:50% vermicompost (1.16 tons ha−1), and NPSB and urea fertilizer (50 kg NPSB ha−1 and 45 kg urea ha−1)”
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