Abstract: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of planting method and fertilizer rate on forage yield of Centrosema pascuorum, at experimental field of crop science Department, Faculty of Agriculture Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State. The research was factorial laid out in randomize complete block design (RCBD) consisted of two methods of planting (Drilling and Broadcasting methods) each method consists of fertilizer rate of (0kgha-1, 150kgha-1, 200kgha-1, 250kgha-1 and 300kgha-1) respectively. The experiment were in the ratio of 2:5:3, the experimental plot were divided into 30 plots of 2x2m with spacing inter row spacing of 0.5m and intra row spacing of 1m and fertilizer used was single super phosphate(SSP) at different rate i.e 0kgha-1,150kgha-1,200kgha-1,250kgha-1 and 300kgha-1 which are denoted by (F1, F2 ,F3 ,F4 and F5) respectively. The data were collected on growth components......
Key Words: Centrosema, Forage yield, fertilizer rate, Plant height and Number of leaves
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