Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Department of Agricultural Science, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Malting Barley Grain Quality and Yield Response to Nitrogen Fertilization in the Arsi Highlands of Ethiopia
  Author(s): Kedir Jemal* and Ahmed Geleto
  
  The malting industry in Ethiopia is often challenged by the availability of barley that meets the quality and quantity requirements set by the industry. Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of mineral nitrogen fertilizer rates on actual yield and quality response of malt barley varieties and to determine economic optimum rates of nitrogen fertilizer for the productivity of the crop arranged in randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with three replications. The treatments are three malt barley varieties, namely traveler, ibon and local and four levels of N (0 kg N/ha, 50 kg N/ha, 100 kg N/ha and 150 kg N/ha. The study revealed that nitrogen fertilization with 150 kg ha-1 nitrogen fertilizer rate improved barley yield and quality than the rest nitrogen fertilizer rates. The different barley varieties and nitrogen fertilizer has shown a h.. View more»
  

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