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Selenium availability in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) as affected by selenium and phosphorus application

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The effect of selenium and phosphorus application on Berseem (Trifolium alexandrium) was studied in the green house. Each dose of selenium from O to 16 ppm decreased the dry matter yield of Berseem significantly at all the levels of applied phosphorus. Phosphorus stimulated the dry matter yield at all levels of selenium. Yields in the second cutting were of a higher order than in the first cut. Selenium application increased selenium and phosphorus content in Berseem, but at 8 and 16 ppm of selenium the phosphorus content decreased significantly. Sulphur concentration decreased with selenium application but application of phosphorus increased sulphur concentration showing synergetic effect.

Studies on residual effect of selenium revealed that the application of 50 ppm of phosphorus increased the yield while that of 100 ppm decreased it. Selenium concentration which increased with increasing phosphorus was many fold higher in the first cutting than in the second cutting and similar was the trend with phosphorus and sulphur.

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    Mahendra Singh & Pradeep Kumar Malhotra

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Singh, M., Malhotra, P.K. Selenium availability in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) as affected by selenium and phosphorus application. Plant Soil 44, 261–266 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016977

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