Organic fertilizers improve the growth, seed quality and yield of newly released soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) varieties in the tropics
| Autor: | T. O. Fabunmi, V.I.O. Olowe, A. A. Soretire, Tobechi Onyenali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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business.industry
Soil organic matter Randomized block design food and beverages Tropics 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 010501 environmental sciences Biology Grain filling 01 natural sciences Agronomy Agriculture Yield (wine) Oil content 040103 agronomy & agriculture Tropical soils 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Organic Agriculture. 10:155-170 |
| ISSN: | 1879-4246 1879-4238 |
| Popis: | Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) yield in tropical Africa remains below 1 t/ha partly because most growers rarely use beneficial organic soil amendments on degraded tropical soils. Therefore, field trials were conducted during the late cropping seasons (July–November) of 2015 and 2016 on the organic research plots of the Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research, Nigeria (7° 13′ 51.17″ N and 7° 13′ 53.16″ N and longitudes 3° 23′ 49.12″ E and 3° 23′ 51.86″ E 131.5 m above sea level), the trials evaluated the agronomic response of five recently released soybean varieties (TGx 1448-2E, TGx 1440-1E, TGx 1740-2F, TGx 1987-62F, and TGx 1835-10E) to the application of three organic fertilizers (Aleshinloye grade B, Organo Farm, and Gateway) and a control. The trials were laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) in a 5 × 4 factorial arrangement and replicated three times. Data were collected on growth parameters, yield and yield attributes, and seed quality. Significant (p |
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