GROWTH AND YIELD OF MILLET (Pennisetum americanum ) AS INFLUENCED BY NPK FERTILIZER RATES IN SUDAN SAVANNA OF KEBBI STATE

A field experiment was carried out during the 2020/2021 rainy season at Teaching and Research
farm of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero, to study the effect of NPK
fertilizer rates on the agronomic performance of millet. The treatments consisted of six (6) NPK
rates: T1 (0 kg ha-1), T2 (25 kg ha-1), T3 (50 kg ha-1), T4 (75 kg ha-1), T5 (100 kg ha-1), and T6
(125 kg ha-1) laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three (3)
replications. The result showed that the NPK rate of 125 kg ha-1produced the highest mean
values for plant Height, leaf length and leaf width. The highest leaf number was recorded in plot
treated with 25 kg ha-1 NPK rates. The longest and heaviest panicles were recorded in 75 kg ha
1 NPK rates; while the heaviest grains (1000-grain weight) and total yield per hectare were
obtained 100 kg ha-1 rate. Based on the result obtained from this resaerch it can be concluded
that application of 100 kg ha-1 NPK rate adopted for millet production in the study area.