TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Ajeigbe, H A
A1  - Akinseye, F M
A1  - Kamara, A Y
A1  - Tukur, A Z
A1  - Inuwa, A H
TI  - Productivity, Water- and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, and Profitability of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) under Different Nitrogen Applications in Semiarid Region of Nigeria
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/1802460
JF  - International Journal of Agronomy (TSI)
SN  - 1687-8159
PB  - Hindawi
N1  - *e authors would like to thank the International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropic (ICRISAT), for
providing institutional funding to conduct the experimental
work under the CGIAR research program GLDC. *is research
was funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in
the HOPE 2 project which was the precursor to AVISA
project, grant number OPP1198373.
N2  - An experiment was conducted to examine the performance of pearl millet under different nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates in two
locations in the semiarid zone of Nigeria. *e objective was to evaluate the effects of different N rates on pearl millet yields, water and
nitrogen-use efficiency, and profitability. Grain yield increased by 23, 26, 32, 32, and 27% and by 38, 41, 54, 58, and 56%
compared to unfertilized plots when applying 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 kg Nha?1 in Minjibir and Gambawa, respectively. Similarly,
stalk yield increased by 4, 3, 9, 9, and 9% and by 16, 24, 36, 40, and 37% compared to unfertilized plot when applying 20, 40, 60, 80,
and 100 kg Nha?1 in Minjibir and Gambawa, respectively. *e variations in GY that could be explained by TWU and NUE were
28% and 26% in Minjibir and 46% and 41%, respectively, in Gambawa. *ere was a strong and positive correlation (R = 0.81 and
R = 0.95) between WUE and GY across N-fertilizer rates and pearl millet varieties in both locations. An increase in N-fertilizer
levels increased WUE, confirming the optimal application of 60 kg Nha?1 in Minjibir and of 80 kg Nha?1 in Gambawa. Similarly,
the highest net economic return (NER) of US$610 ha?1 was obtained at 60 kg Nha?1 in Minjibir and the highest NER of
US$223 ha?1 was obtained at an application rate of 80 kg Nha?1 in Gambawa. Break-even yield was above 1000 kg ha?1, signifying
that average farmer with a mean yield of less than 1000 kg ha?1 produces millet at a loss.
KW  - Pearl Millet
KW  -  Nitrogen Application
KW  -  Nigeria
Y1  - 2020/08//
SP  - 1
ID  - icrisat11720
EP  - 12
VL  - 2020
ER  -