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Effect of split application of different N rates on productivity and nitrogen use efficiency of bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)

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By Fresew Belete, Nigussie Dechassa, Adamu Molla, Tamado Tana
| Agriculture & Food Security Verified
Agriculture & Food Security20187:92 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0242-9 ©  The Author(s) 2018 Received: 25 September 2018 Accepted: 7 December 2018 Published: 17 December 2018 Abstract Background Bread wheat is an important staple and cash crop grown by smallholder farmers in the central highlands of Ethiopia. However, the productivity of the crop is constrained by low soil fertility and poor nitrogen fertilizer management in the area.
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Effect of nitrogen fertilizer rates on grain yield and nitrogen uptake and use efficiency of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties on the Vertisols of central highlands of Ethiopia | Agriculture & Food Security | Full Text

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By Nigussie Dechassa, Fresew Belete, Adamu Molla, Tamado Tana
| Agriculture & Food Security Verified
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal crops of the world and is a staple food for about one third of the world’s population [1]. It is one of the major cereal crops grown in the highlands of Ethiopia, and the country is regarded as the largest wheat producer in Sub-Saharan Africa [2]. Out of the total grain crop area, wheat ranked 4th after tef (Eragrostis tef), maize (Zea mays) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), while third in total production after maize and tef [3].
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