Organic Manure Improves Soybean Response to Rhizobia Inoculant and P-Fertilizer in Northern Ghana
| dc.contributor.author | Ulzen Jacob | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abaidoo R. C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ewusi-Mensah Nana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Osei Ophelia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Masso Cargele | |
| dc.contributor.author | Opoku Andrews | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-06T16:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-06T16:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | This article is Published by Frontiers in Agronomy, 2020 and is also available at doi: 10.3389/fagro.2020.00009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Inherently low concentrations of soil nutrients and erratic rainfall pattern in sub-Sahara Africa limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer. The study was conducted to: (i) improve soybean response to rhizobia inoculation and P-fertilizer through the addition of organic manure; (ii) enhance rain water use efficiency and (iii) determine the economic viability of combined application of the three factors in soybean cropping systems in the Northern region of Ghana. A factorial experiment with two levels of rhizobia inoculant, two levels of Phosphorus, two different kinds organic manure [fertisoil (a commercially prepared compost from urban waste, rice husks, of poultry manure and shea butter waste) and cattle manure] and a control arranged in randomized complete block design with three replications was established on farmers’ fields. The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer, and organic manure markedly increased nodulation, shoot biomass, haulms, harvest index (HI), P agronomic efficiency (P-AE), and rain water use efficiency (RUE) compared to the control. The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer, and fertisoil increased grain yield by four-folds whereas the combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer, and cattle manure increased grain yield by three- folds. Harvest index, P-AE, and RUE were relatively higher with the fertisoil treatment combinations than with the cattle manure combinations and the control treatment. The application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer in combination with fertisoil was profitable with VCR of 2 as compared to the combination of cattle manure which had a VCR of 0.40. The results showed that fertisoil offers a better option of improving soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer; and has the potential to enhance rain water use efficiency. However, the long term benefit must be quantified. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Agronomy, September 2020 | Volume 2 | Article 9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.3389/fagro.2020.00009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14688 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Frontiers in Agronomy, | |
| dc.title | Organic Manure Improves Soybean Response to Rhizobia Inoculant and P-Fertilizer in Northern Ghana | |
| dc.type | Article |