Abstract
Seed and seed-oil yield of melon (egusi), relevant to farmers’ economic well-being and poverty alleviation, were significantly increased by phosphorus (P) fertilizer application in trials conducted at Ado Ekiti, Nigeria during the early and late seasons of 2008 and 2009. The optimum application rate was 20 kg P.ha-1 which increased the two-year average seed yield, oil content and seed-oil yield over the control (0 kg P.ha-1) treatment by 65.6, 23.0 and 126.2%, respectively. Cost-benefit analysis of seed yield and seed-oil yield responses to P application gave highest Value-Cost ratio (VCR) at 20 kg P.ha-1 in 2008 and at 10 kg P.ha-1 in 2009 as rising costs at higher rates reduced the profit margins. VCR reduced at the unsubsidized prices of the single superphosphate fertilizer for each P rate which justifies the retention of fertilizer subsidy for egusi production. The 40kg P.ha-1 rate gave highest seedoil yield but profit was maximized at the 20kg P.ha-1 which should be recommended as the economic rate for melon (egusi) production.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus fertilizer significantly increased seed and seed-oil yield.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)
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Cucumis meloe0 - Treatment
- phosphorus (P) fertilizer applicatione0
- Outcome
- Seed and seed-oil yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Setting
- Ado Ekiti, Nigeriae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Seed and seed-oil yield of melon (egusi), relevant to farmers’ economic well-being and poverty alleviation, were significantly increased by phosphorus (P) fertilizer application in trials conducted at Ado Ekiti, Nigeria during the early and late seasons of 2008 and 2009”
Claim · model-written summary
At 20 kg P.ha-1, average seed yield increased 65.6% over control.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Treatment
- 20 kg P.ha-1e0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 65.6e0
- Comparator
- control (0 kg P.ha-1)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The optimum application rate was 20 kg P.ha-1 which increased the two-year average seed yield, oil content and seed-oil yield over the control (0 kg P.ha-1) treatment by 65.6, 23.0 and 126.2%, respectively”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
At 20 kg P.ha-1, oil content increased 23.0% over control.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Treatment
- 20 kg P.ha-1e0
- Outcome
- oil contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 23.0e0
- Comparator
- control (0 kg P.ha-1)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The optimum application rate was 20 kg P.ha-1 which increased the two-year average seed yield, oil content and seed-oil yield over the control (0 kg P.ha-1) treatment by 65.6, 23.0 and 126.2%, respectively”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
At 20 kg P.ha-1, seed-oil yield increased 126.2% over control.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Treatment
- 20 kg P.ha-1e0
- Outcome
- seed-oil yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 126.2%e0
- Comparator
- control (0 kg P.ha-1)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The optimum application rate was 20 kg P.ha-1 which increased the two-year average seed yield, oil content and seed-oil yield over the control (0 kg P.ha-1) treatment by 65.6, 23.0 and 126.2%, respectively”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
Value-Cost ratio was highest at 20 kg P.ha-1 in 2008.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Outcome
- Value-Cost ratio (VCR)e0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 20 kg P.ha-1e0
- Qualifier
- 2008e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cost-benefit analysis of seed yield and seed-oil yield responses to P application gave highest Value-Cost ratio (VCR) at 20 kg P.ha-1 in 2008”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
Value-Cost ratio was highest at 10 kg P.ha-1 in 2009.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Outcome
- profit marginse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 10 kg P.ha-1e0
- Qualifier
- 2009e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“at 10 kg P.ha-1 in 2009 as rising costs at higher rates reduced the profit margins”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
Unsubsidized fertilizer prices reduced Value-Cost ratio at every phosphorus rate.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Outcome
- VCRe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- unsubsidized pricese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“VCR reduced at the unsubsidized prices of the single superphosphate fertilizer for each P rate”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 40kg P.ha-1 rate gave the highest seedoil yield.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Treatment
- 40kg P.ha-1e0
- Outcome
- seedoil yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The 40kg P.ha-1 rate gave highest seedoil yield”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
Profit was maximized at 20kg P.ha-1.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis melot0
- Outcome
- profite0
- Direction
- maximizede0
- Value
- 20kg P.ha-1e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“profit was maximized at the 20kg P.ha-1”
t0“melon (egusi)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 20kg P.ha-1 as the economic rate.
- Taxon
- melon (egusi)Cucumis meloe0
- Outcome
- 20kg P.ha-1e0
- Qualifier
- economic ratee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“20kg P.ha-1 which should be recommended as the economic rate for melon (egusi) production”
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