Dual purpose barley as affected by date of sowing, varieties and stage of harvesting-A review

Abstract

Barley is primarily a cereal grain crop grown in rabi season and widely used for food, fodder and in beer industry. Dual purpose barley provides quality fodder as well as grain. Cutting at early stage at about 50-55 days after sowing, provides good quality of fodder particularly in lean period (mid December to mid January) for feeding to the animals. After harvesting for fodder, the regenerated crop left for grain production without sacrificing the grain yield with similar management as grain crop. For dual purpose barley need to evaluate the cultivars, optimum sowing time and stage of harvesting is a critical issue for production of good quality fodder as well as grain. Hence in this review article it has been emphasized for production of quality fodder and grain as influenced by date of sowing, dual barley variety used as suitable cultivars, and appropriate stage of harvesting which had been revealed and cited by different scientists, workers and co-workers.

Influence of stage of harvesting and zinc application on yield and zinc uptake in cluster bean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) TAUB]

“…It may be attributed due to availability of more time duration for photosynthesis which led to growth and yield of 80 days old crop due to more growth period than 50, 60 and 70 days old crop. These results were found in conformity with findings of Singh et al, (2016) and Kaur et al, (2013). Zinc application up to 20 kg ZnSO 4 /ha has significantly increased the yield of guar fodder in term of DM yield over control, 10 kg ZnSO 4 /ha and with 0.5 % zinc spray.…”

“…It may be attributed due to availability of more time duration for photosynthesis which led to growth and yield of 80 days old crop than 50, 60 and 70 days crop. Similar finding was in agreement of Abdullah et al, (2000) and Singh et. al., (2016).…”

“…Plant initially develops on stored food materials. Similar finding was observed bySingh et al, (2016) that plant height of barley fodder increased significantly at 65 DAS over 45 and 55 DAS harvest stage.Non-significant effect on plant height was observed at 30 DAS with zinc application, while plant height affected significantly up to 20 kg ZnSO 4 at harvest. Similar finding was observed by…”

“…Data were analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) as described by Chandel (1984) by using MS-Excel. Kumar et al, (2016) that application of 20 kg ZnSO 4 recorded non-significant improvement in plant height at both stages i.e. at 30 DAS and at harvest.…”

Effect of Sowing Dates and Levels of Nitrogen on Yield Attributes, Protein Content and Economics of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

“…Optimum date of sowing is necessary for maximum possible yield of good quality green fodder because availability of highest nutritive stage for longer duration is desired. However it is essential to follow proper date of sowing to utilize the optimum time of sowing efficiently [Singh et al, (2017)] considering with alone point a field experiment was planned to field out the effect of sowing date and levels, of nitrogen on growth and field of barley. and muriate of potash, respectively.…”