Evaluation of maize (Zea mays L.) performance under minimum and conventional tillage practice in two distinct agroecological zones of Uganda
| Autor: | Acipa Alexandrina, Wamani Sam, Opio Samuel Morris, Bongomin Lawrence, Sseremba Godfrey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Soil health
Conventional tillage business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Tillage Minimum tillage Agronomy Agriculture Yield (wine) 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business Agroecology Hectare 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Agricultural Research. 16:600-605 |
| ISSN: | 1991-637X |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajar2020.14768 |
| Popis: | Maize is one of the major staple foods in Uganda, providing over 40% of Uganda’s daily calorie consumption. Tillage practice is one of the crucial factors that influence crop productivity through maintenance of soil health. The aim of this study therefore is to validate the effect of tillage practice on the vegetative growth and yield of maize in Uganda. The trial was established on-station at Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Lira district and on-farm in Njeru Town Council, Buikwe district. It was laid out in a factorial design with two tillage practices (conventional tillage, CT and minimum tillage, MT) as the main factors and two maize varieties (Longe 10H and Longe 5) as the levels. The results showed significant differences in plant height between the two tillage methods (p< 0.001). Conventional tillage practice had a higher mean maize grain yield per hectare compared to minimum tillage although the difference was insignificant (p |
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