Tytuł pozycji:
Mulching effects and nitrogen application on the performance of Zea mays L: crop growth and nutrient accumulation
- Tytuł:
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Mulching effects and nitrogen application on the performance of Zea mays L: crop growth and nutrient accumulation
- Autorzy:
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Oroka, F.O.
- Powiązania:
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https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/11821.pdf
- Data publikacji:
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2016
- Wydawca:
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Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
- Źródło:
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International Letters of Natural Sciences; 2016, 51
2300-9675
- Język:
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angielski
- Prawa:
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CC BY: Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa 4.0
- Dostawca treści:
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Biblioteka Nauki
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Maize is an agronomic cereal species that is sensitive to nutrient applications, especially nitrogen.
Field experiments were conducted in 2011 and 2012 to evaluate the effect of nitrogen and mulching
using dried weeds on maize growth and nutrient accumulation. The study was located in the
Research Farm of the Agricultural Science Education Unit of the Delta State University, Abraka,
Nigeria ((latitude 50 46’N and longitude 60 5’E). The experiment consist of eight (8) treatments (i)
control (ii) 40kgNha-1 (iii) 80kgNha-1 (iv) 120kgNha-1 (v) 4.5t ha-1 Panicum maximum + 40kgNha-1
(vi) 4.5t ha-1 Pueraria phaseoloides + 40kgNha-1 (vii) 4.5t ha-1 Eleusine indica + 40kgNha-1 (viii)
4.5t ha-1 Stylosanthes gracilis + 40kgNha-1. The treatments were replicated three times. From
research results, the combination of Pueraria phaseoloides with 40kgNha-1 showed higher maize
plant height, foliage development attributes, shoot dry matter, crop growth indices and nutrient
uptake compared to other combinations, while only nitrogen application of 120kgNha-1 recorded the
highest in all the treatments. It can be concluded based on the results in this study, that legume
based weeds as mulch can be supplemented with nitrogen to improve maize growth.