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FORAGE PEARL MILLET-101

 - For Nematode Reduction

- Organic Matter For Plow Down

When Used In Rotation With Potato, Vegetables and Other High Value Crops   

    In addition to excellent forage yield and quality, Canadian Forage Pearl Millet 101 was found to reduce root lesion nematodes in the soil when used as a rotational crop for tobacco and potato. Three-year data at the AAFC Delhi have concluded the growing Forage Pearl Millet, as a rotational crop with tobacco is more effective, persistent and beneficial than growing rye and fumigating.

Effects of using Forage Pearl Millet-101 on root-lesion nematodes 

per kg of soil when used in rotation with tobacco as compared

 to rye and rye plus fumigation

Results from Ontario data AAFC 1997 to1999

Results show using Millet-101 in rotation with tobacco as compared to rye and 

no fumigation can reduce nematode numbers by up to 70%.

Using Millet-101 as compared to rye and fumigation reduced numbers by 23%.

Yield and quality trials with Superior potato in Quebec on a two

year rotation with Forage Pearl Millet-101 as compared to using

oats or oats and barley.

    Location: Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix Quebec

     - yields are arithmetic means of four replicate plots ( 12 by 4.5 meters )

Results show that using Canadian Forage Millet-101 in rotation can

increase yields by 3 to 27%. Potato yield sizes of 8.25cm and up can

increase anywhere from 19 to 40%.

     Organic Matter Nutrient Content As Compared 

To Other Cover Crops