Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Bishnupur, Shillong-793 913, India
Online published on 20 January, 2012.
Field trials were conducted on acid soils (ALFISOL) under mid altitude (1000m) condition of Meghalaya to study the effect of liming with N and P on yield and quality of maize fodder. Application of 2 metric ton lime ha-1 increased fodder yield by 18.8 and 22,9 per cent at 40 and 80 kg N ha-1, respectively. Similarly, liming in conjuction with 40 kg P2O5 ha-1 increased yield by 23.8 per cent. Liming with N or P had no appreciable affect on fodder quality.
