Abstract
The experiment was conducted at the teaching and Research farm of the Federal University Wukari Taraba State, Nigeria to assess, evaluate and compare the effect of organic fertilizers such as poultry manure, cow dung, organic manure and in-organic fertilizers such as NPK and urea on the growth and tuber yield of sweet potato. The recommended rates of cow dung (10t/ha) poultry manure (10t/ha), organic manure (10t/ha) NPK15:15:15 (400kg/ha) and urea (200kgN/ha) were applied as treatment to sweet potato with a control at (0kg/ha). These were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Measurement were taken on the growth and tuber yield at harvest such as the length of primary vein, number of secondary vein number of leaves, number of tuber and tuber weight. Data collected were analyzed using (ANOVA) and the significant means separated using Duncan multiple difference at 5% probability level. The result revealed or showed that numbers of leaves were significant in all the treatments. Application of urea fertilizer produced the highest number of tuber per plant, while tuber weight was not significantly different, but poultry manure application had the higher mean value of (2.34kg). It was concluding that application of poultry manure as organic fertilizer are better and can compare readily with inorganic fertilizer (urea) in the production of sweet potato.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf number differed significantly across fertilizer treatments.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Treatment
- all the treatmentse0
- Outcome
- numbers of leavese0
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Verbatim
e0“numbers of leaves were significant in all the treatments”
t0“Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea fertilizer gave the highest number of tubers per plant.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)Ipomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- urea fertilizere0
- Outcome
- number of tuber per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of urea fertilizer produced the highest number of tuber per plant”
t0“Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)”
Claim · model-written summary
Tuber weight did not differ significantly across treatments.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)Ipomoea batatast0
- Outcome
- tuber weighte0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tuber weight was not significantly different”
t0“Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)”
Claim · model-written summary
Poultry manure gave the higher mean tuber weight of 2.34 kg.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)Ipomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- poultry manure applicatione0
- Outcome
- tuber weighte1
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.34kge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“poultry manure application had the higher mean value of (2.34kg)”
e1“tuber weight was not significantly different”
t0“Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that poultry manure compares favorably with urea for sweet potato production.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- poultry manuree0
- Outcome
- production of sweet potatoe0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- inorganic fertilizer (urea)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of poultry manure as organic fertilizer are better and can compare readily with inorganic fertilizer (urea) in the production of sweet potato”
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