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creators_name: Ajeigbe, H A
creators_name: Akinseye, F M
creators_name: Kamara, A Y
creators_name: Tukur, A Z
creators_name: Inuwa, A H
icrisatcreators_name: Ajeigbe, H A
icrisatcreators_name: Tukur, A Z
icrisatcreators_name: Inuwa, A H
affiliation: ICRISAT (Kano)
affiliation: Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, Nigeria
country: Nigeria
title: Productivity, Water- and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, and Profitability of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) under Different Nitrogen Applications in Semiarid Region of Nigeria
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5.1
subjects: S21
subjects: S51
divisions: CRPS1
crps: CG1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Pearl Millet, Nitrogen Application, Nigeria
note: *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.
abstract: 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.
date: 2020-08
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Agronomy (TSI)
volume: 2020
publisher: Hindawi
pagerange: 1-12
id_number: doi:10.1155/2020/1802460
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1687-8159
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/1802460
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citation:   Ajeigbe, H A and Akinseye, F M and Kamara, A Y and Tukur, A Z and Inuwa, A H  (2020) Productivity, Water- and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, and Profitability of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) under Different Nitrogen Applications in Semiarid Region of Nigeria.  International Journal of Agronomy (TSI), 2020.  pp. 1-12.  ISSN 1687-8159     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11720/1/1802460.pdf