Abstract
Field trials were conducted in Ghana to assess the effect of applying Leucaena prunings as mulch and N.P.K., 15-15-15 compound fertilizer on the growth and yield of garden eggs (Solanum melongena) during the 1993 minor and 1994 major cropping seasons. The crop was grown with or without Leucaena mulch as well as 0 kg/ha, 180 kg/ha and 360 kg/ha rates of fertilizer. The crop responded very well to the 15-15-15 compound fertilizer used, since plants without fertilizer had significantly reduced height; more days to flowering, fruiting and harvesting and produced yields far below the potential yield levels of the crop. In both seasons, applying the Leucaena mulch increased the mean yield by 21 percent over the no mulch treatments. Economic analysis of the various treatments showed that: producing the crop during the minor season with rainfall was not profitable; producing the crop during the major season was profitable when the half rate of fertilizer, mulched (F1M1 ); full rate fertilizer, mulched (F2 M1 ) and full rate fertilizer no mulch (F2 M0 ) treatments were applied, with the F1M1 ranking first as the most profitable option. This was shown by the comparative net income per hectare of: ¢1,215,000, ¢1,201,020 and ¢819,020 for the (F1M1 ), (F2M1 ) and (F2M0 ) respectively. Producing garden eggs with Leucaena mulch in hedgerow intercropping could reduce fertilizer requirement, at least by half. Hedgerow intercropping with garden eggs is therefore profitable and may become an attractive alternative to small-scale farmers as prices of inorganic fertilizer continue to increase over the years.Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) Vol. 27 (2) 2007: pp. 62-70
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Claim · model-written summary
Without fertilizer, garden egg plants were significantly shorter.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- without fertilizere0
- Outcome
- heighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“plants without fertilizer had significantly reduced height”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Without fertilizer, garden egg plants took more days to flowering, fruiting and harvesting.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- without fertilizere0
- Outcome
- days to flowering, fruiting and harvestinge0
- Direction
- moree0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants without fertilizer had significantly reduced height; more days to flowering, fruiting and harvesting”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Without fertilizer, garden egg yields were far below potential yield levels.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- without fertilizere0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- far belowe0
- Comparator
- potential yield levelse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants without fertilizer had significantly reduced height; more days to flowering, fruiting and harvesting and produced yields far below the potential yield levels of the crop”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leucaena mulch increased mean garden egg yield by 21 percent over no mulch in both seasons.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- Leucaena mulche0
- Outcome
- mean yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 21 percente0
- Qualifier
- both seasonse0
- Comparator
- no mulch treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In both seasons, applying the Leucaena mulch increased the mean yield by 21 percent over the no mulch treatments”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Garden egg production in the rainy minor season was not profitable.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Outcome
- not profitablee0
- Setting
- minor season with rainfalle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“producing the crop during the minor season with rainfall was not profitable”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
In the major season, the half-rate fertilizer and mulch option was the most profitable, with net income of ¢1,215,000 per hectare.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Outcome
- comparative net income per hectaree0
- Direction
- most profitablee0
- Value
- ¢1,215,000e0
Not reportedMaterial
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“F1M1 ranking first as the most profitable option. This was shown by the comparative net income per hectare of: ¢1,215,000”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Full-rate fertilizer with mulch returned net income of ¢1,201,020 per hectare in the major season.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- F2M1e0
- Outcome
- comparative net income per hectaree0
- Value
- ¢1,201,020e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“comparative net income per hectare of: ¢1,215,000, ¢1,201,020 and ¢819,020 for the (F1M1 ), (F2M1 ) and (F2M0 ) respectively”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Full-rate fertilizer without mulch returned net income of ¢819,020 per hectare in the major season.
- Taxon
- garden eggs (Solanum melongena)Solanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- F2M0e0
- Outcome
- comparative net income per hectaree0
- Value
- ¢819,020e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“comparative net income per hectare of: ¢1,215,000, ¢1,201,020 and ¢819,020 for the (F1M1 ), (F2M1 ) and (F2M0 ) respectively”
t0“garden eggs (Solanum melongena)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leucaena mulch in hedgerow intercropping could reduce garden egg fertilizer requirement by at least half.
Verbatim
e0“Producing garden eggs with Leucaena mulch in hedgerow intercropping could reduce fertilizer requirement, at least by half”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend hedgerow intercropping with garden eggs as a profitable option for small-scale farmers.
Verbatim
e0“Hedgerow intercropping with garden eggs is therefore profitable and may become an attractive alternative to small-scale farmers”
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