Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer type and rate significantly enhanced growth and nutrient uptake of plantain.
- Taxon
- plantainMusa ABB Groupe1
- Treatment
- fertilizer type and ratee1
- Outcome
- growth and nutrient uptakee1
- Direction
- enhancese1
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Verbatim
e1“In conclusion, the applied fertilizer type and rate significantly enhances the growth and nutrient uptake of plantain”
Title
Adetoro IO; Olaniyi JO Journal of Current Research in Food Science 2025. doi:10.22271/foodsci.2025.v6.i1d.216
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- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 300 kg N/ha had the highest plant height (43.00 cm) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 300 kg N/ha had the highest number of leaves (8.67) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 60 kg P2O5/ha had the highest plant height (44.67 cm) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 60 kg P2O5/ha had the highest number of leaves (9.67) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 225 kg K2O/ha had the highest plant height (45.33 cm) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 225 kg K2O/ha had the highest number of leaves (8.33) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treated with 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest N content (204.30, 175.10 and 69.90%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest P content (51.70, 417.20 and 18.10%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest K content (12.00, 10.10 and 535.30%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest Ca content (87.07, 79.54 and 30.33%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest Mg content (10.31, 13.94 and 8.90%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest Fe content (10.05, 16.61 and 8.25%) compared with control.
- Intervention effect Plantain treatments of 400 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 300 kg K2O/ha had the highest Zn content (10.79, 17.73 and%) compared with control.
- Association Fertilizer type and rate significantly influenced recovery efficiency of plantain (P=0.05).
- Recommendation Fertilizer rates of 300 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 225 kg K2O/ha can be recommended for optimum production of plantain in the study area.
- Observation The optimum performance of plantain was obtained at 300 kg N, 60 kg P2O5 and 225 kg K2O/ha.