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

dc.contributor.authorUlzen, J.
dc.contributor.authorAbaidoo, R.C.
dc.contributor.authorEwusi-Mensah, N.
dc.contributor.authorOsei, O.
dc.contributor.authorMasso, C.
dc.contributor.authorOpoku, A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-18T11:44:29Z
dc.date.available2021-02-18T11:44:29Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.identifier.citationUlzen, J., Abaidoo, R.C., Ewusi-Mensah, N., Osei, O., Masso, C. & Opoku, A. (2020). Organic manure improves soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and p-fertilizer in northern Ghana. Frontiers in Agronomy, 2(9), 1-10.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7052
dc.description.abstractInherently 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.sponsorshipKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1-10
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectGrain
dc.subjectYields
dc.subjectHarvest Index
dc.subjectSoybeans
dc.subjectSubsaharan Africa
dc.subjectOrganic Fertilizers
dc.titleOrganic manure improves soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and p-fertilizer in northern Ghana
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghana
cg.contributor.affiliationKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidULZEN:2020
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectSoybean
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalFrontiers in Agronomy
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 04 Sept 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2020.00009
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRobert Abaidoo: 0000-0002-1235-2252
cg.iitaauthor.identifierCargele Masso: 0000-0002-3980-6832
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo


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