EFFECT OF NITROGEN, BIO FERTILIZER AND FARM YARD MANURE ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN OAT (AVENA SATIVA L.
Oat (Avena sativa L. is the most important fodder crop of winter season as it is having high tonnage, good palatability and high nutritive value. Oat is used as green fodder, straw, hay or silage. Oat grain makes a good balanced concentrate in the rations for poultry, cattle, sheep and other animals. Green fodder contains about 10 12 protein and 30 35 dry matter and supply abundant quantity of vitamin A and important minerals like Ca and Fe in addition to energy for the animals. Oat has wider adaptability because of its excellent growth habits, quick regrowth, better yield potential and provides palatable, succulent and nutritious green fodder (Singh et al. 1989)