Residual Nitrogen Contributions from Grain Legumes to the Growth and Development of Succeeding Maize Crop

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Treatments</td><td align="center">Fodder yield kg ha<sup>−1</sup></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Previous Crop (P)</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Soyabean</td><td align="center">3628c</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Cowpea</td><td align="center">4347b</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Lablab</td><td align="center">5778a</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Groundnut</td><td align="center">4653b</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Previous maize</td><td align="center">3134d</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Fallow</td><td align="center">3742c</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nitrogen kg ha<sup>−1</sup></td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 0</td><td align="center">3169d</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 40</td><td align="center">3902c</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 80</td><td align="center">4513b</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> 120</td><td align="center">5192a</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Interaction (P × N)</td><td align="center">*</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Means followed by the same letter(s) within the same treatment group are not statistically different at 5% level of significance (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.05).<br/>*: Significant at <i>P</i> = 0.05.<br/></td></tr></table>

Effect of previous legume crops and nitrogen fertilizer on fodder yield of succeeding maize crop at Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria during 1998 cropping season.

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Table 7: Residual Nitrogen Contributions from Grain Legumes to the Growth and Development of Succeeding Maize Crop 