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    Organic manure improves soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and p-fertilizer in northern Ghana

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    Date
    2020-09
    Author
    Ulzen, J.
    Abaidoo, R.C.
    Ewusi-Mensah, N.
    Osei, O.
    Masso, C.
    Opoku, A.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    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.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2020.00009
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7052
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Robert Abaidoohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-2252
    Cargele Massohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3980-6832
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2020.00009
    Research Themes
    Natural Resource Management
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Grain Legumes; Plant Breeding; Plant Production; Soil Fertility; Soybean; Value Chains
    Agrovoc Terms
    Grain; Yields; Harvest Index; Soybeans; Subsaharan Africa; Organic Fertilizers
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Ghana
    Hubs
    Central Africa Hub; Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Frontiers in Agronomy
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