| dc.contributor.author | Hauser, S. |
| dc.contributor.author | Mekoa, C. |
| dc.contributor.author | Jacobsen, K.S. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T11:14:32Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T11:14:32Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hauser, S., Mekoa, C. & Jacobsen, K.S. (2008). Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot-water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 54(5), 541-556. |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0365-0340 |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2790 |
| dc.description.abstract | Effects of fallow type, sucker sanitation (hot-water treatment, HWT) and fertilizer
application on yield, root and corm health of two plantain cultivars were investigated.
Most yield parameters were strongest affected by fallow type with more producing
plants, higher bunch mass and yield after forest clearing than in bush/grass fallow. The
second most important factor was HWT with more producing plants (52.3%) than in
control (35.8%, p 5 0.0001). Fertilizer application increased the proportion of
producing plants by 9%, p 5 0.018 and yield from 4.08–5.79 Mg ha71. Combined
HWT and fertilizer had strong synergistic effects. Cultivar interacted with fallow and
HWT: in bush/grass fallow yield did not differ between cultivars (2.17 Mg ha71); in
forest fallow Essong produced 57% (9.4 Mg ha71) more than Ebang (6.0 Mg ha71,
p 5 0.001). Essong yielded 65% more after HWT than Ebang (8.0 versus 4.9 Mg ha71,
p 5 0.001), yet not when untreated. A limited sink capacity of Ebang is likely to
constrain yield increases. HWT improved root and corm health and was better in forest
than in bush/grass land. In bush/grass fallow no treatment attained yields as high as in
forest even when untreated and not fertilized. Soil chemical properties were not
correlated with yield. |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.subject | Fallow |
| dc.subject | Fertilizers |
| dc.subject | Forest Clearing |
| dc.subject | Plantains |
| dc.subject | Root And Corm Health |
| dc.subject | Sucker Sanitation |
| dc.subject | Biological Nematicides |
| dc.title | Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
| dc.description.version | Peer Review |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa |
| cg.coverage.region | Central Africa |
| cg.coverage.country | Congo, Dr |
| cg.coverage.country | Cameroon |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre |
| cg.iitasubject | Agribusiness |
| cg.iitasubject | Banana |
| cg.iitasubject | Crop Systems |
| cg.iitasubject | Disease Control |
| cg.iitasubject | Farm Management |
| cg.iitasubject | Domestic Trade |
| cg.iitasubject | Food Security |
| cg.iitasubject | Forestry |
| cg.iitasubject | Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products |
| cg.accessibilitystatus | Limited Access |
| local.dspaceid | 93891 |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340802279619 |
