AGRONOMY (Z;" ' - Higher Education Commission

Holn6 and Ai.sley (199) studi€d the alfst of N fernl,z€! on winter
oilsed nF cv Primor and Rapora and stad that Erowth .nd yield both w€rc
by th. .ppucation of N feltiliar whne oil .ontenb w@ educ€d.
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Holms and Eenett 0979) .€poried that itr@sing th€ rat6 of N f.on G
270 kglha ierc.s€d the Srowth and yield of rape but it redu.ed the oil .ontent,
howevd it had no sitnitidnt eft6t in fatty acid co6p6ition.
Kandil (1983) studied th. effet of different leveb of NPK (0, 30 .nd 60 kE
N) + 0 or 30 kg PrO! + 0 o. 24 k K,O on oild*d r6pe. H€ found th.t N
application signilicaiUy in@s€d leaf arca dry hatt r, no of pods p€r pt.nr and
1000-s€ed weight and plant height The high4t rate of N, P and X i!.rcased s€€d
yield by 54,31 and 3596 Espelively cohpared with untrcated plote.
Rood and Mnior (1964) while studyina tle eff..t of rftioten and waEr
s(PPly on grcwth of oil.eed .ape, rcporH that l€af glohtl was partially
f*Ponsive ro N while stem and pod Srowth were morc Hpocive to trri8ahon
ldels. Th€ inrehction of nitroEd fertiliar and iEialtion lels.onftued rhd a
3ingle limihn8 faclor wodd preent gowth respons$ to other exFrimenral
MuDn .nd McNeily G9A4 obs€red th.t vegerarive :nd rcprcducriv€
planl grcwth of ihe th@ spring oil s€ed raF.ultivars at 3 NP( ferriliar ratee
and row spacinE of 7.5 o. 15 cn. AII w@ sue in dry matter production and
pl.nr heiAh dunna the Erowth Friod. It was nainly dqe ro inflot*enc weight
tlFl dry weight p€r pl.nt did not differ signilicanuy. Itrlw f€rtili@r aie
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