Abstract
A field study was carried out in the 2011/2012 cropping seasons at the Teaching and Research, Farms of the Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Asaba, a typical rainforest zone in Nigeria. The aim was to evaluate the responses of ginger to three sources of organic manures namely; cow-dung manure, poultry manure and pig manure at the rate of 20 t/ha. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Growth and yield parameters of ginger were taken at the 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 weeks after planting (WAP), while fresh weight was taken at 16th week after planting (WAP). The growth parameters observed were plant height, number of leaves, leaf area and number of tillers. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significantly different means in the F-test were separated using the Least Significant Difference (LSD) at 5% level of probability. Results showed significant increase in plant height, number of leaves and leaf area at the 6th to 12th WAP compared to the control. Growth parameters were not significantly different (P > 0.05) at the 4th WAP. Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8. This was followed by pig manure with values of 12.12, 14.25 and 222.5 cm. The least mean values of 7.14, 12.58 and 210.5 cm were obtained from the control. The general results indicated that organic manures in the forms of cow dung, poultry and pig manures have great tendency to increase growth characters and yield of ginger in a rainforest zone, Nigeria. Key words: Growth and yield responses, ginger, organic manures rainforest zone, Nigeria.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Organic manure significantly increased ginger height, leaf number and leaf area at 6 to 12 weeks after planting versus control.
- Taxon
- ginger
Zingiber officinalet0 - Organ / stage
- 6th to 12th WAPe0
- Treatment
- organic manurest0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of leaves and leaf areae0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“significant increase in plant height, number of leaves and leaf area at the 6th to 12th WAP compared to the control.”
t0“ginger (Zingiber officinale) to three sources of organic manures”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth parameters at four weeks did not differ significantly.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Organ / stage
- 4th WAPe0
- Outcome
- Growth parameterse0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
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Verbatim
e0“Growth parameters were not significantly different (P > 0.05) at the 4th WAP.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Poultry manure plots had the highest ginger height of 12.67 cm.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- poultry manuree0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 12.67 cme0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Poultry manure plots had the highest leaf number of 14.87.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- poultry manuree0
- Outcome
- number of leavese0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 14.87e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Poultry manure plots had the highest leaf area of 231.8.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- poultry manuree0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 231.8e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Pig manure had plant height of 12.12.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- pig manuree0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Value
- 12.12e0
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Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8. This was followed by pig manure with values of 12.12, 14.25 and 222.5 cm.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Pig manure had 14.25 leaves.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- pig manuree0
- Outcome
- number of leavese0
- Value
- 14.25e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8. This was followed by pig manure with values of 12.12, 14.25 and 222.5 cm.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
Pig manure had leaf area of 222.5 cm.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- pig manuree0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Value
- 222.5 cme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plots treated with poultry manure produced the highest plant height of 12.67 cm, highest number of leaves of 14.87 and leaf area of 231.8. This was followed by pig manure with values of 12.12, 14.25 and 222.5 cm.”
t0“ginger”
Claim · model-written summary
The control had the lowest mean values for height, leaf number and leaf area.
- Taxon
- gingerZingiber officinalet0
- Treatment
- controle0
- Outcome
- least mean valuese0
- Value
- 7.14, 12.58 and 210.5 cme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The least mean values of 7.14, 12.58 and 210.5 cm were obtained from the control.”
t0“ginger”
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