Growth and Yield response of Maize (Zea mays L.) to Different Rates of NPK fertilizer and Poultry manure in the Western Highlands of Cameroon

Felix, Foncha; Venasius, Wirnkar Lendzemo; Bonsiysi, Bame Irene; Christina, Nsuh Konje; Boris, M.; Annih, Mbong Grace

doi:10.31695/ijasre.2019.33179

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A crop nutritional deficiency generates ears with shorter lengths as it is seen in the Ef treatment which received the same dose of N as the NPK treatment and produced smaller ears. Nitrogen is a nutrient of great importance for the development of corn ears but the absence of other nutrients limits its action (Oktem;Oktem;Emeklier, 2010;Amanullah et al, 2016;Foncha et al, 2019). In PK treatment the absence of N generated an even greater reduction in ear length.…”

Section: Responses Of Ear Length Number Of Rows Number Of Grains and ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Corn crop responds positively to fertigation with black water from sewage treated by decentralized anaerobic system

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The basic sanitation systems are not enough to meet the sanitary requirements in the rural areas of Brazil. Hence, a decentralized anaerobic system was developed by Embrapa to enable the treatment of domestic sewage. The treated sewage effluent (TSE) should be applied to completely replace the N from mineral fertilizer required by corn plants, a typical crop cultivated by Brazilian smallholder farmings for animal feed. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the corn crop responses to the use of TSE as fertilizer. A field experiment was carried out in a sandy clay loam soil at São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil, over 2018-2019 summer growing season of a hybrid corn cultivar with dual aptitude (grain and silage production). Four treatments about application of different nutrient sources were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications: 1- NPK: urea, simple superphosphate and potassium chloride as nutrient sources; 2- EfPK: TSE as N source + PK from mineral fertilizers; 3- Ef: TSE only; 4- PK: mineral fertilizers only. TSE was applied to crop by short and closed-end furrow irrigation. TSE can be used as a source of nitrogen mainly and other nutrients for corn crop nutrition based on the knowledge of effluent nutrient concentrations. TSE split application through fertirrigation can lead to corn yield parameters close to those from NPK application using only mineral fertilizers as nutrient sources. The reuse of this wastewater is feasible for small-scale corn production which is typical of Brazilian smallholder farming.

show abstract

Section: Responses Of Ear Length Number Of Rows Number Of Grains and ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Corn crop responds positively to fertigation with black water from sewage treated by decentralized anaerobic system

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Growth and Yield response of Maize (Zea mays L.) to Different Rates of NPK fertilizer and Poultry manure in the Western Highlands of Cameroon

Cited by 1 publication

References 0 publications

Corn crop responds positively to fertigation with black water from sewage treated by decentralized anaerobic system

Corn crop responds positively to fertigation with black water from sewage treated by decentralized anaerobic system

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About