Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum grain and stover yields improved with increasing levels of Leucaena biomass plus NPK fertiliser.
- Treatment
- increasing levels of Leucaena biomass + NPK fertiliser combinatione1
- Outcome
- Grain and stover yieldse1
- Direction
- improvede1
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Verbatim
e0“for two sorghum varieties (Macia and SV1) under rainwater harvesting techniques”
e1“Grain and stover yields improved with increasing levels of Leucaena biomass + NPK fertiliser combination”
Title
Andrew Tapiwa Kugedera; George Nyamadzawo; Ronald Mandumbu Heliyon 2022. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09826
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Tied contours gave significantly higher sorghum grain and stover yields across all varieties and seasons (p ≤ 0.05).
- Intervention effect Sorghum grain and stover yield was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) highest under tied contours, followed by infiltration pits and lastly standard contours, irrespective of variety.
- Intervention effect The highest grain yield of Macia was 1.146 t ha−1, from tied contour with 15 t ha−1 biomass and 150 kg ha−1 NPK fertiliser.
- Intervention effect The highest grain yield of SV1 was 1.1 t ha−1, from tied contour with 15 t ha−1 biomass and 150 kg ha−1 NPK fertiliser.
- Intervention effect Rainwater use efficiency was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher under tied contours than under infiltration pits and standard contour.
- Intervention effect Rainwater use efficiency was statistically (p ≤ 0.05) influenced by increasing application levels of Leucaena biomass plus NPK fertiliser in all seasons.
- Intervention effect Agronomic efficiencies were considerably affected (p ≤ 0.05) by rainwater harvesting, Leucaena biomass plus NPK fertiliser and the interaction of all factors.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that Leucaena biomass plus NPK fertiliser, tied contours and infiltration pits improve sorghum yields.
- Intervention effect Augmenting 2.5 t ha−1 Leucaena biomass with 25 kg ha−1 NPK fertiliser under tied contours, and variety Macia, gave better agronomic efficiency.