Abstract
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production is constrained majorly by drought and low soil fertility in Kenya. These limitations have never been adequately approached due to financial challenges and lack of better technology. A study was carried out in Kirinyaga and Embu Counties to evaluate the effects of tillage method and residual fertilizers on yield performance of dry bean. Dry bean was grown in the short rains season on plots preceded by fertilized maize (Zea mays L.) grown in the long rains season. The trials were laid out in a randomized complete block design with a split-plot arrangement. The tillage methods, NT+CR and CT-CR, where NT: No-tillage, CT: Conventional tillage, and CR: Crop residue, were assigned the main plot and residual fertilizers (NK, NP, PK, NPK, and NPK+CaMgZnBS) the subplots. The results showed that there was 35% and 46% more water retention under NT+CR than under CT-CR system in Embu and Kirinyaga sites, respectively. NT+CR produced higher biomass, more number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, and 1000-seed weight. Plots with residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS yielded higher biomass at 60 DAE, number of seeds per pod, 1000-seed weight and grain yield than plots with other treatments. The residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS and NPK treatments out yielded PK treatment by 600 kg ha-1 and 370 kg ha-1 (Embu) and by 710 kg ha-1 and 330 kg ha-1 (Kirinyaga), respectively. Based on these results, cultivation of dry bean on residual fertilizer nutrients solely or in combination with no-till and crop residue retention after maize harvest has the potential to improve the yields and food security among farmers in the region.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
No-tillage with crop residue retained 35% more water than conventional tillage without residue in Embu.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Phaseolus vulgarist0 - Treatment
- NT+CRe0
- Outcome
- water retentione0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 35%e0
- Comparator
- CT-CRe0
- Setting
- Embue0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was 35% and 46% more water retention under NT+CR than under CT-CR system in Embu and Kirinyaga sites, respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
No-tillage with crop residue retained 46% more water than conventional tillage without residue in Kirinyaga.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NT+CRe0
- Outcome
- water retentione0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 46%e0
- Comparator
- CT-CRe0
- Setting
- Kirinyagae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was 35% and 46% more water retention under NT+CR than under CT-CR system in Embu and Kirinyaga sites, respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
No-tillage with crop residue produced higher dry bean biomass and yield components.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NT+CRe0
- Outcome
- biomass, more number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, and 1000-seed weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“NT+CR produced higher biomass, more number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, and 1000-seed weight.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS yielded higher biomass and yield components than other treatments.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- residual NPK+ZnBMgCaSe0
- Outcome
- biomass at 60 DAE, number of seeds per pod, 1000-seed weight and grain yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plots with residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS yielded higher biomass at 60 DAE, number of seeds per pod, 1000-seed weight and grain yield than plots with other treatments.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS outyielded PK by 600 kg ha-1 at Embu.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NPK+ZnBMgCaSe0
- Outcome
- out yieldede0
- Direction
- out yieldede0
- Value
- 600 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- PK treatmente0
- Setting
- Embue0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS and NPK treatments out yielded PK treatment by 600 kg ha-1 and 370 kg ha-1 (Embu) and by 710 kg ha-1 and 330 kg ha-1 (Kirinyaga), respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual NPK outyielded PK by 370 kg ha-1 at Embu.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NPKe0
- Outcome
- out yieldede0
- Direction
- out yieldede0
- Value
- 370 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- PK treatmente0
- Setting
- Embue0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS and NPK treatments out yielded PK treatment by 600 kg ha-1 and 370 kg ha-1 (Embu) and by 710 kg ha-1 and 330 kg ha-1 (Kirinyaga), respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS outyielded PK by 710 kg ha-1 at Kirinyaga.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NPK+ZnBMgCaSe0
- Outcome
- out yieldede0
- Direction
- out yieldede0
- Value
- 710 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- PK treatmente0
- Setting
- Kirinyagae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS and NPK treatments out yielded PK treatment by 600 kg ha-1 and 370 kg ha-1 (Embu) and by 710 kg ha-1 and 330 kg ha-1 (Kirinyaga), respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual NPK outyielded PK by 330 kg ha-1 at Kirinyaga.
- Taxon
- Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarist0
- Treatment
- NPKe0
- Outcome
- out yieldede0
- Direction
- out yieldede0
- Value
- 330 kg ha-1e0
- Comparator
- PK treatmente0
- Setting
- Kirinyagae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The residual NPK+ZnBMgCaS and NPK treatments out yielded PK treatment by 600 kg ha-1 and 370 kg ha-1 (Embu) and by 710 kg ha-1 and 330 kg ha-1 (Kirinyaga), respectively.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that residual nutrients, alone or with no-tillage and residue retention, could improve dry bean yields.
Verbatim
e0“cultivation of dry bean on residual fertilizer nutrients solely or in combination with no-till and crop residue retention after maize harvest has the potential to improve the yields and food security among farmers in the region.”
t0“Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
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