VEGETATIVE PERFORMANCE OF MAIZE (Zea Mays L) ON DEGRADED SOIL AS AFFECTED BY COMPOSTED ORGANIC RESIDUES
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2012-08-19
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Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Abstract
The evaluation of five different compost types;
Poultry manure + Mucuna husk (PmMh),
Poultry manure + Leaf Iittet (PrnLl), Pou1ti-y
manure +Rice straw (PmRs), Podt~ -f
Leaf litter + Rice straw (PmLlRs) and Poultry
manure + Leaf litter + Mucuna husk (PrnLlMh)
on the performance of maize under greenhouse
conditions was investigated.
Maize variety ACR 993 1 -DMRSR treated with
1.5,3.5,4.5 and 6.0 t ha-1 each of the compost
treatments was used in first cropping, while
NPK 15-15-15 applied at 300,400 and 600 kg
ha-1 and control (no fertilizer) were also
observed in the second cropping. A completely
randomized experimental design with 24
treatments in three replications was conducted.
Significant differences (p< 0.05) were found in
plant height and dry matter yield of maize. N, P
and K uptake of maize from 1.5 t ha- 1 PmLlMh
were 20.4, 6.2, 21.9 mg-1 pot respectively and
these values were significantly (p< 0.05) higher
than that of uptake values obtained from NPK
treatment. Residual effect of plant height, dry
matter yield and nutrient uptake of maize values
obtained from 1.5 ttha PrnLlMh was also significantly
(p< 0.05) higher than that of NPK values.
It was concluded that PmLlMh at 1.5 t
ha-l could serve as effective compost fur maize
production
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Olowoake A. A. and G.O. Adeoye (2012). Vegetative performance of maize (zea mays L) on degraded soil as affected by composted organic residues. Ife Journal of Agriculture, 25:111-120.