Claim · model-written summary
Inorganic fertiliser rates significantly influenced maize plant height, grain yield and grain size in the first year (2001).
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Verbatim
t0“open pollinated maize variety”
e0“inorganic fertiliser (p=0.000 for height and grain; p=0.044 for grain size) in 2001 (first year)”
Title
Yirga Alemu Abebe; Bekele Diriba; T Teshome; et al. African Crop Science Conference Proceedings 2005
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Rates of Cajanus biomass significantly influenced maize plant height, grain yield and grain size in the first year (2001).
- Intervention effect In the second year (2002) none of the measured traits was significantly affected, suggesting no or minimal residual effects of the Cajanus biomass and inorganic fertiliser sources and their combinations.
- Observation Maize grain yield varied from 2327.74 to 7480.32 kg/ha during the first year.
- Observation Maize grain yield varied from 1128 to 3380 kg/ha during the second year.
- Observation Maize yield with the fully recommended inorganic fertiliser alone (standard check) was 5432.45 kg/ha.
- Observation Maize yield with 4 t/ha Cajanus biomass alone was 5279.15 kg/ha.
- Intervention effect Applying 4 t/ha Cajanus biomass gave a yield advantage of about 67% over the check plot.
- Intervention effect Yield with 4 t/ha Cajanus biomass was only 3% lower than on the plot receiving the recommended fertiliser rate (standard plot).
- Intervention effect Organic nutrient sources such as Cajanus biomass transfer can increase the yield of the open pollinated maize variety as much as inorganic fertiliser.