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    Effects of soilless and soilbased nursery media on seedling emergence, growth and response to water stress of African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne)

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    Date
    2006
    Author
    Baiyeri, K.P.
    Mbah, B.N.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    The production of high quality seedlings for orchard and plantation establishment involves several cultural inputs. The quality of potting media perhaps stands out as the most important. Therefore, the effects of three soilless media and a soil-based medium on seedling emergence, seedling growth and susceptibility to water stress were studied using African breadfruit as a test crop. Most of the seedling parameters evaluated was significantly influenced by the potting media used. Percent seedling emergence and whole-plant dry matter content were higher in media 1:2:3 ricehull-based (ricehull :poultry manure : river sand, RHB) and 2:3:1 RHB. After induction of water stress, seedling grown in these media remained turgid for a longer period than those grown in media 1:2:3 soil-based (top soil : poultry manure : river sand, SB) and 1:4:3 RHB. Seedlings raised in the soil-based medium were generally poorer in most of the parameters measured. General growth responses and reaction to water stress suggested that media 1:2:3 RHB and 2:3:1 RHB were the best. Seedling grown in these media had delayed water stress symptom expression suggesting a better water economy.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3083
    IITA Subjects
    Livelihoods; Integrated Soil Fertility Management; Soil Fertility; Soil Health; Soil Information; Plant Diseases; Soil Surveys And Mapping; Farm Management; Nutrition; Plant Production; Livelihoods; Pests Of Plants; Smallholder Farmers; Diseases Control
    Agrovoc Terms
    Potting Media; Physicochemical Properties; Seedling Growth; Water Stress; Poultry Manure; Soilless
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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