Abstract
The influence of pig manure, urea and their combinations on the performance of Amaranthus cruentus was investigated for two years in a rainforest Ultisol of Umudike. The experiment was laid down in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Six treatments consisted of pig manure applied at equivalent rates of 90 kg N/ha as full dose of manure, urea at 60 kg N/ha as full dose of urea. Other treatments were ½ dose of manure (45 kg N/ha) + ½ dose of urea (30 kg N/ha), ¼ dose of manure (22.5 kg N/ha) + ¾ dose of urea (45 kg N/ha), ¾ dose of manure (67.5 kg N/ha) + ¼ dose of urea (15 kg N/ha), and the absolute control. Results indicated that Amaranthus plant height was not significantly (P >0.05) affected by the treatments compared to the control. The overall results showed that the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them, and is therefore recommended as the best for optimum production of Amaranthus in the study area.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments did not significantly affect Amaranthus plant height relative to the control.
- Taxon
- Amaranthus
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Amaranthuse0 - Treatment
- the treatmentse0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- not significantly (P >0.05) affectede0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Amaranthus plant height was not significantly (P >0.05) affected by the treatments compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Half manure plus half urea significantly increased Amaranthus stem girth over either sole application, to 17.42 cm.
- Taxon
- AmaranthusAmaranthuse0
- Treatment
- ½ manure + ½ ureae0
- Outcome
- stem girthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 17.42 cme0
- Comparator
- sole application of either of theme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them”
Claim · model-written summary
Half manure plus half urea significantly increased leaves per Amaranthus plant over either sole application, to 44.76.
- Taxon
- AmaranthusAmaranthuse0
- Treatment
- ½ manure + ½ ureae0
- Outcome
- number of leaves per plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 44.76e0
- Comparator
- sole application of either of theme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them”
Claim · model-written summary
Half manure plus half urea significantly increased fresh Amaranthus yield over either sole application, to 41.51 t/ha.
- Taxon
- AmaranthusAmaranthuse0
- Treatment
- ½ manure + ½ ureae0
- Outcome
- fresh yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 41.51 t/hae0
- Comparator
- sole application of either of theme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them”
Claim · model-written summary
Half manure plus half urea significantly increased Amaranthus dry matter yield over either sole application, to 3.49 t/ha.
- Taxon
- AmaranthusAmaranthuse0
- Treatment
- ½ manure + ½ ureae0
- Outcome
- dry matter yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3.49 t/hae0
- Comparator
- sole application of either of theme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend half manure plus half urea for optimum Amaranthus production in the study area.
- Taxon
- AmaranthusAmaranthuse0
- Treatment
- ½ manure + ½ ureae0
- Outcome
- optimum productione0
- Setting
- the study areae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the combination of ½ manure + ½ urea significantly (P < 0.05) increased stem girth (17.42 cm), number of leaves per plant (44.76), fresh yield (41.51 t/ha) and dry matter yield (3.49 t/ha) of Amaranthus than sole application of either of them, and is therefore recommended as the best for optimum production of Amaranthus in the study area”
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