A field experiment was carried out in 2018 and 2019 main cropping seasons in Banja District of Awi Administrative Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia with the objective to determine optimum blended and urea fertilizer rate for barley production. Twelve treatments combination from three levels of urea and four levels blended (NPSB) were used for the field experiment with one recommended NP and control. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with factorial arrangement in three replications in four farmers’ fields. Soil samples were collected before planting and analyzed for selected physicochemical properties. Application of different NPSB blended and Urea fertilizers rates had significantly influenced yield and yield components of barley in all year and combined analysis. The highest plant height, spike length, seed numbers per plant and biomass yields were obtained from plots that received in applications of (250 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1). The maximum grain yield (3668.6 kg ha-1) was obtained with application of blended 100 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1 fertilizers rate. Conversely, the lowest grains yield (958.1 kg ha-1) was perceived in control plot. Moreover, the application of blended 100 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1 had increased grain yield by about 283% as compared to the negative control and about 63.3% as compared to the positive control plot (100 kg NP and 150 kg Urea ha-1) at all over cropping years combined analysis. The highest net benefit of 85,500.22 ETB ha-1 with MRR of 4225.4% were obtained from combined applications of 100 kg ha-1 of NPSB blended with 350 kg ha-1 of Urea fertilizer. Therefore, based on the yield response and economic indicators, it is recommended to apply 100 kg ha-1 of NPSB blended with 350 kg ha-1 of Urea fertilizers for barley production of the study area and similar agro ecologies.
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Mesfin Kuma Megersa. (2022). Effects of Blended and Urea Fertilizer Rates on Yield and Yield Components of Food Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) at Banja District, North Western Ethiopia. American Journal of Applied Chemistry, 10(4), 81-88. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajac.20221004.12
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abstract = {A field experiment was carried out in 2018 and 2019 main cropping seasons in Banja District of Awi Administrative Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia with the objective to determine optimum blended and urea fertilizer rate for barley production. Twelve treatments combination from three levels of urea and four levels blended (NPSB) were used for the field experiment with one recommended NP and control. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with factorial arrangement in three replications in four farmers’ fields. Soil samples were collected before planting and analyzed for selected physicochemical properties. Application of different NPSB blended and Urea fertilizers rates had significantly influenced yield and yield components of barley in all year and combined analysis. The highest plant height, spike length, seed numbers per plant and biomass yields were obtained from plots that received in applications of (250 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1). The maximum grain yield (3668.6 kg ha-1) was obtained with application of blended 100 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1 fertilizers rate. Conversely, the lowest grains yield (958.1 kg ha-1) was perceived in control plot. Moreover, the application of blended 100 kg NPSB and 350 kg Urea ha-1 had increased grain yield by about 283% as compared to the negative control and about 63.3% as compared to the positive control plot (100 kg NP and 150 kg Urea ha-1) at all over cropping years combined analysis. The highest net benefit of 85,500.22 ETB ha-1 with MRR of 4225.4% were obtained from combined applications of 100 kg ha-1 of NPSB blended with 350 kg ha-1 of Urea fertilizer. Therefore, based on the yield response and economic indicators, it is recommended to apply 100 kg ha-1 of NPSB blended with 350 kg ha-1 of Urea fertilizers for barley production of the study area and similar agro ecologies.},
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