The Major factors contributed to the low productivity of sorghum include biotic and abiotic factors such as inappropriate crop
management practices. Moreover, application of balanced fertilizers is the basis to produce more crop yield from land under
cultivation and nutrient needs of crops is based on their physiological requirements and expected yields. Thus, trial was
conducted in 2018-2020 main cropping season from the mid of May to mid of December at Bako and Gute research site to
identify the optimum amount of NPS and N fertilizer rate. The experiment consisted of twenty treatments combined factorial
with five NPS (75, 87.5, 100, 112.5 and 125 kg ha-1) and four Nitrogen (35, 40, 46 and 52 kg ha-1) rates of fertilizer with
uniform management of all cultural practices. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design in three
replications. The pre soil analysis indicated that the soil of experimental ste is acidic (pH = 4.75 at Bako and 4.6 at Gute) and
low in available Phosphorus (12 ppm at Bako and 10 ppm at Gute). The main effect of plant height, panicle length, thousand
seed weight and stand count were not influenced (P>0.05) due to NPS and N rate, whereas days to heading and days to
maturity were significantly different (P<0.05) due to the main effects of N rates even if not influenced due to NPS rates at
Bako and Gute locations. On the other hand, head weight and grain yield were highly significantly (P<0.01) influenced by the
main and interaction effect of NPS and N rates at both locations. Among different fertilizer rates tested, the combination of 125
NPS and 46 N rates gave the highest yield thereby resulting the highest net benefit. Thus, economic analysis revealed that
combination of 125 NPS (47.5 P2O5, 23.75 N, 8.75 S kg ha-1) and 46 N kg ha-1 rates on Gemedi variety gave grain yield of
3563.1 kg ha-1 with the net benefit of 61578.4 birr/ha and the highest marginal rate of return (2402.96%), which is
economically feasible alternative to the other treatments. Therefore, it is advisable to use combination of 125 NPS and 46N kg
ha-1 rates on Gemedi variety since it is economically feasible to sorghum producers.
APA:Bodena Guddisa*, Kebede Desalegn, Chemeda Birhanu, Gudeta Bedada, Girma Chemeda. (Volume-9, Issue-2 -(Year-2021)). Effect of NPS and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate on Yield and Yield Components of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) in Western Oromia, Ethiopia. Retrieved from http://www.openscienceonline.com/journal/ijaff
Chicago:Bodena Guddisa*, Kebede Desalegn, Chemeda Birhanu, Gudeta Bedada, Girma Chemeda. "Effect of NPS and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate on Yield and Yield Components of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) in Western Oromia, Ethiopia" Example, Volume-9-issue-2-Year-2021-ISSN: 2381-4365 . http://www.openscienceonline.com/journal/ijaff.