Effects of Tithonia Green Manure and Water Hyacinth Compost Application on Nutrient Depleted Soil in South-Western Nigeria

Chukwuka, K. S.; Omotayo, OR

doi:10.3923/ijss.2008.69.74

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“…Majid et al [18] & Majid [17] reported the increased yield in above plants with both compost as well as manure of water hyacinth used in combination with other aquatic weeds. Our results are in agreement with previous [3,4] indicated the soil fertility potential of water hyacinth compost and revealed its enhanced affect on productivity of Zea mays crop. With this result it can be suggested that, by the addition of water hyacinth manure into cultivation which affected the performance of test plant may be probably due to the increase of Nitrogen availability released from water hyacinth during the process of mineralization.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…The use of decayed tissues of unwanted plants to provide nutrients for crops is a crude but effective way of exploiting weeds and is a simpler technique than any of the other alternatives available. The use of non traditional organic resources such as weeds for soil fertility improvement purposes has been studied by Sonke [27], Gachengo [7], Jama et al [13], Nziguheba et al [22] and Chukwuka and Omotayo [3]. According to Beckman [2] the use of manure application enhances soil productivity, increases the soil organic carbon content, soil micro-organisms, improves soil crumb structure, the nutrient status of the soil and enhances crop yield.…”

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Response of Water Hyacinth Manure on Growth Attributes and Yield in Brassica Juncea

Lata¹,

Dubey²

2011

JCEA

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Field experiment was conducted during 2007 and 2008 to study the effect of water hyacinth manure in comparison to control on Brassica Juncea (Indian mustard). Soil mineral analysis test was carried out for soil sample types. Added organic matter, water hyacinth manure in various combinations into soil has been found to influence the performance of crop plants as a result of the increase in nutrient availability. The observations revealed positive response with 100% water hyacinth manure, 50% water hyacinth manure and water hyacinth manure combined with farm yard manure on the growth behaviour of seedlings as they were enhanced significantly compared with that of the seedlings grown in control. The growth of Brassica Juncea was more pronounced with 50% water hyacinth manure and productivity with 100% water hyacinth manure treatment.

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Response of Water Hyacinth Manure on Growth Attributes and Yield in Brassica Juncea

Lata¹,

Dubey²

2011

JCEA

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“…Enhanced affects of Water hyacinth have been reported by Kayum et al [30] on productivity of tomato and Amitava et al [31] on rice. Chukwuka & Omotayo [5,32] indicated the soil fertility potential of Water hyacinth compost and revealed its enhanced affect on productivity of Zea mays crop. With this result it can be suggested that, by the addition of Water hyacinth manure into cultivation which affected the performance of test plant may be probably due to the increase of Nitrogen availability released from Water hyacinth during the process of mineralization.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The use of decayed tissues of unwanted plants to provide nutrients for crops is a crude but effective way of exploiting weeds and is a simpler technique than any of the other alternatives available. The use of nontraditional organic resources such as weeds for soil fertility improvement purposes has been studied by Sonke, Gachengo, Jama et al, Nziguheba et al, Chukwuka and Omotayo [1,2,3,4,5]. Thus, the studies have established the high potential of these resources in improving nutrient status and subsequent crop yield in soils amended by these resources.…”

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The impact of water hyacinth manure on growth attributes and yields in Coriandrum

Lata¹

2013

IOSR-JESTFT

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“…Therefore, there is need to use alternative sources of organic fertilizers such as green manure to enrich the soil for crop production. According to Chukwuka and Omotayo (2008) and Crespo et al (2011), Tithonia diversifolia can improve the physical and chemical properties of soil and increase nutrients in the soil. Igua and Huasi (2009) also reported that residues of T. diversifolia increases soil nitrogen and consequently increases maize yield.…”

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Effects of different soil amendments on the performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in a bimodal rainforest zone

Natan¹,

Suh²,

Christina³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Okra contributes an important part of the diet to many people in the tropics, more especially in Cameroon. But its production is seriously affected by poor soil fertility. In other to mitigate this problem, a field experiment was conducted from April to august 2016 at Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) Nkolbisson-Yaoundé with the main objective to evaluate the effects of different soil amendments on the performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) crop. The experiment was laid out using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and eleven treatments: (Tithonia leaves (6700 kg/ha), piggery manure (6700 kg/ha), foliar fertilizer (0.6 kg/ha), urea (200 kg/ha), NPK20-10-10 (200 kg/ha), Tithonia leaves (3350 kg/unit) + NPK20-10-10 (100 kg/unit), Tithonia leaves (3350 kg/unit) + Urea (100 kg/ha), urea (100 kg/ha) + NPK 20-10-10(100 kg/ha), Tithonia leaves (100kg/ha) + foliar fertilizer (0.3 L/ha), Tithonia leaves (3350 kg/ha) + piggery manure (3350 kg/ha) and control (0 kg/ha). The Results showed that the growth and yield of okra were significantly (P<0.05) affected by different soil amendments. The number of days to achieve 50% shoot set was significantly (P<0.05) greater (50.66±1.24) with the use of NPK 20-10-10 as compared to the rest of the treatments. The number of days to achieve 50% flowering was significantly (P<0.05) greater (59.33±1.46) with the use of Tithonia leaves as compared to the rest of the treatments. The tallest plants and highest number of fruits per plant were recorded from the urea treatment, while the use of foliar fertilizer resulted in many branches and leaves per plant. A combination of NPK and Tithonia leaves resulted in heavy fruits per plant. NPK treatments produced the highest number of fruits and the heaviest fruits as compared to the foliar and control treatments. From the results obtained, it can be concluded that the application of foliar fertilizer, urea and NPK 20-10-10 + Tithonia and NPK which recorded the highest growth and yield parameters among all the treatments are the best treatments and should be adopted by farmers in the study area to maximize their yields. However, further studies on other combinations of organic fertilizers need to be carried out in different areas in order to come out with desired new alternatives that will reduce the use of high quantity of inorganic fertilizers.

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Effects of Tithonia Green Manure and Water Hyacinth Compost Application on Nutrient Depleted Soil in South-Western Nigeria

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

Response of Water Hyacinth Manure on Growth Attributes and Yield in Brassica Juncea

Response of Water Hyacinth Manure on Growth Attributes and Yield in Brassica Juncea

The impact of water hyacinth manure on growth attributes and yields in Coriandrum

Effects of different soil amendments on the performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in a bimodal rainforest zone

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