Domestication and Responses of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Growth, Yield Parameters, Quality Indices and Soil Fertility improvement to Different Organic Fertilizers by Emmanuel Ibukun Oluwa Moyin Jesu* in Current Investigations in Agriculture and Current Research in Lupine Publishers
Purpose:Field and nursery experiments were conducted in Akure
in the rainforest zone of Nigeria to evaluate the effects of
woodash, pig, goat and poultry manures on the soil fertility
improvement, growth, grain yields parameters, crude fibre, crude ash,
protein and nitrogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) in 2014 and 2015
cropping seasons.
Methods.The four (4) organic fertilizer treatments were applied each at 6t/ha with a reference treatment NPK 15-15-15
fertilizer applied at 300kg/ha and a control treatment which were replicated four times and arranged in a randomized complete
block design.
Results:The results showed significant increases (P<0.05)
in the soil nutrients, growth and grain yield, crude fibre, protein,
nitrogen, crude ash, straw yield and root biomass of wheat under
different organic fertilizers application compared to the control
treatment. The highest values of wheat plant height, leaf area, number
of tillers, stem girth, number of spikelets/plant, leaf
population, straw weight, root biomass, grain yields, crude fibre, crude
ash, nitrogen and protein were obtained with the application
of poultry manure followed by NPK 15-15-15 fertilizer, pig, goat manures
and wood ash respectively.
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