Growth and Yield of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) as Influenced by Chicken Manure and Inorganic Fertilizers

Essilfie, M. E.; Ofosu-Anim, J.; Dapaah, K. H.; Norman, J.C.; Blay, Essie

doi:10.9734/ajea/2016/22440

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“…The findings on the influence of soil amendment treatment on the sensory quality of SRs agree with Essilfie (2015) who reported that the sensory characteristics of boiled roots of two sweet potato cultivars were not remarkably affected by application of organic and inorganic fertilizer either singly or in combination. "Nane" with a higher score on general appearance and finger-feel firmness may be due to its relatively high dry matter content compared to Apomuden.…”

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“…Varietal differences may account for the differences in the dry matter content as similar findings were reported elsewhere (Essilfie, ). The starch content of sweet potato SRs generally falls during storage, but varies among cultivars.…”

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“…Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) is an important food security crop in many developing countries including Ghana (Essilfie, Ofosu-Anim, Dapaah, Norman, & Blay, 2015). Major production of the crop is carried out in developing countries (Crissman et al, 2007).…”

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Postharvest quality of two orange‐fleshed sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] cultivars as influenced by organic soil amendment treatments

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Aduguba

Alhassan

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Food Science & Nutrition

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Two orange‐fleshed sweet potato cultivars: Apomuden and “Nane” were grown on cow dung‐, chicken manure‐, compost‐amended soils, and untreated soil. Apomuden is a variety, while “Nane” is being evaluated to be released in Ghana. The storage roots (SRs) were harvested at 3 months, cured by heaping the SRs and covering with the sweet potato foliage for 7 days in the field. The cured SRs were kept in an evaporative cool chamber to study the effect of soil amendment treatments on weight loss, rot, some nutrient composition, and sensory attributes. Boiled SRs were assessed by 70 untrained panelists after 7 weeks of storage based on the following: general appearance, sweetness, finger‐feel firmness, and overall acceptability using a 5‐point hedonic scale (1 = dislike extremely to 5 = like extremely). Percent rot for “Nane” showed a linear trend, while that of Apomuden was nonlinear. Both cultivars showed similar trends in terms of cumulative weight loss with “Nane” recording lower weight loss compared with Apomuden. A significant (p < 0.001; r = 0.71) strong positive correlation was observed between weight loss and rots. “Nane” had higher dry matter (37.15% vs. 30.19%; p < 0.001, respectively) and starch content (59.16% vs. 51.86%; p < 0.001, respectively) than Apomuden. Stored SRs grown on chicken manure‐amended soil recorded the highest protein (6.41%; p < 0.001) and β‐carotene (16.64 mg/100 g; p < 0.001) content than the other treatments. There was a 35% decline in β‐carotene for Apomuden, while “Nane” increased by 24% at the end of the 7‐week storage. “Nane,” the cultivar with high dry matter content had good storage properties than Apomuden. Stored SRs cultivated on soils amended with chicken manure had higher β‐carotene and protein content. All sensory attributes ranged from 3.35 to 3.68 indicating a good consumer preference for both cultivars irrespective of the soil amendment treatment applied.

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Postharvest quality of two orange‐fleshed sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] cultivars as influenced by organic soil amendment treatments

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Aduguba

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“…Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) is an important food security crop in many developing countries including Ghana [1]. Major production of the crop is done in developing countries [2].…”

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“…Therefore, the search for cheaper soil amendments such as organic fertilizers to improve the soil fertility has become more important. Organic fertilizers improve the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the soil thereby increasing productivity for improved income, food and nutrition security [1,9,10]. As research efforts are directed towards improving soil fertility for increased yields, it is important to consider the effect of the organic fertilizer on the storage and nutritional qualities of storage roots (SRs).…”

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Post-Harvest Quality of Two Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] Cultivars as Influenced by Organic Soil Amendment Treatments

Atuna¹,

Aduguba²,

Alhassan³

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J Nutr Food Sci

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Two orange-fleshed sweet potato cultivars: Apomuden and "Nane" were grown on cow dung-, chicken manure-, compost-amended soils and untreated soil. Apomuden is a variety while "Nane" is being evaluated to be released in Ghana. The storage roots (SRs) were harvested at 3 months, cured by heaping the SRs and covering with the sweet potato foliage for 7-days in the field. The cured SRs were kept in an evaporative cool chamber to study the effect of soil amendment treatments on weight loss, rot, some nutrient composition and sensory attributes. Boiled SRs were assessed by 70 untrained panelists after 7-weeks of storage based on: general appearance, sweetness, finger-feel firmness and overall acceptability using a 5-point hedonic scale (1=dislike extremely to 5=like extremely). Percent rot for "Nane" showed a linear trend while that of Apomuden was non-linear. Both cultivars showed similar trends in terms of cumulative weight loss with "Nane" recording lower weight loss compared with Apomuden. A significant (p<0.001; r=0.71) strong positive correlation was observed between weight loss and rots. "Nane" had higher dry matter (37.15% vs. 30.19%; p<0.001, respectively) and starch content (59.16% vs. 51.86%; p<0.001, respectively) than Apomuden. Stored SRs grown on chicken manure-amended soil recorded the highest protein (6.41%; p<0.001) and β-carotene (16.64 mg/100 g; p<0.001) content than the other treatments. There was a 35% decline in β-carotene for Apomuden, while "Nane" increased by 24% at the end of the 7-weeks storage. "Nane", the cultivar with high dry matter content had good storage properties than Apomuden. Stored SRs cultivated on soils amended with chicken manure had higher β-carotene and protein content. All sensory attributes ranged from 3.35 to 3.68 indicating a good consumer preference for both cultivars irrespective of the soil amendment treatment applied.

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Effect of Nitrogenous Fertilization and Whey Protein Hydrolysates on Growth, Productivity, Antioxidants and Storability of Sweet Potato Grown in Sandy Soil

Abou-El-Khair

Osman

2016

Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research

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This work was carried out during the two successive summer seasons of 2013 and 2014 at a Private Vegetable Farm in El-Khattara Distract, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, to study the effect of different nitrogen rates and whey protein hydrolysates (WPH) concentrations as foliar application on growth, enzymes, antioxidants, yield, tuber root quality and storability of sweet potato cv. Buregard under sandy soil conditions using drip irrigation system. Fertilizing sweet potato plants cv. Buregard grown in sandy soil with N at 60 kg/fad., and foliar spray with 0.15% WPH increased number of branches/ plant, leaf area/plant and shoots dry weight/plant, N, P and K uptake by shoots, average weight of tuber roots, marketable yield and total yield, TSS and total sugars as well as improved storability of tuber roots of sweet potato. Whereas, fertilizing plants with 80 kg N/fad., and spraying with 0.15% whey protein increased vine length, total chlorophylls in leaf tissues, peroxidase enzyme and antioxidants in shoots, starch content in tuber roots of sweet potato. On the other side, the highest concentration of glutathione oxidase enzyme in shoot and carotene content in tuber roots were recorded by the interaction treatment between 40 kg N/fad., and spraying with 0.15% whey protein.The study recommends by using nitrogen fertilizer at 60 kg/fad., and spraying with 0.15% whey protein to increase sweet potato yield grown in sandy soil.

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Growth and Yield of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) as Influenced by Chicken Manure and Inorganic Fertilizers

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Post-Harvest Quality of Two Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] Cultivars as Influenced by Organic Soil Amendment Treatments

Effect of Nitrogenous Fertilization and Whey Protein Hydrolysates on Growth, Productivity, Antioxidants and Storability of Sweet Potato Grown in Sandy Soil

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