Abstract
Field experiments were conducted during the 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons, to evaluate the effects of biochar (B) and poultry manure (PM) on soil physical and chemical properties, leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral composition and corm and cormel yield of cocoyam. The experiment each year consisted of 4 × 2 factorial combinations of B (0, 10, 20 and 30 t ha−1) and PM (0 and 7.5 t ha−1). Results of the study indicated that in both years, the application of B and PM alone, and in combination, improved soil physical and chemical properties, leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral composition and corm and cormel yield of cocoyam. There was a significant interaction effect of B and PM (B x PM) which was adduced to the ability of the B to increase PM-use efficiency and promote better use of the nutrients in the PM. It was found that combination of 30 t ha−1 B and 7.5 t ha−1 PM (B30+ PM7.5) gave the highest corm and cormel yield of cocoyam compared with other treatments. The combination of 30 t ha−1 B and 7.5 t ha−1 PM (B30+ PM7.5) exhibited the highest impact and is therefore recommended for soil sustainability and cocoyam productivity on sandy soil.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar and poultry manure, alone and combined, improved soil physical and chemical properties in the cocoyam field.
- Taxon
- cocoyam
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Colocasia esculentat0 - Treatment
- application of B and PM alone, and in combinatione0
- Outcome
- soil physical and chemical propertiese0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“the application of B and PM alone, and in combination, improved soil physical and chemical properties, leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral composition and corm and cormel yield of cocoyam”
t0“cocoyam”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar and poultry manure improved leaf nutrient concentrations, growth and mineral composition of cocoyam.
- Taxon
- cocoyamColocasia esculentat0
- Treatment
- application of B and PM alone, and in combinatione0
- Outcome
- leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral compositione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the application of B and PM alone, and in combination, improved soil physical and chemical properties, leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral composition and corm and cormel yield of cocoyam”
t0“cocoyam”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar and poultry manure improved corm and cormel yield of cocoyam.
- Taxon
- cocoyamColocasia esculentat0
- Treatment
- application of B and PM alone, and in combinatione0
- Outcome
- corm and cormel yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the application of B and PM alone, and in combination, improved soil physical and chemical properties, leaf nutrient concentrations, growth, mineral composition and corm and cormel yield of cocoyam”
t0“cocoyam”
Claim · model-written summary
A significant biochar x poultry manure interaction was attributed to biochar increasing PM-use efficiency and nutrient use.
- Taxon
- cocoyamColocasia esculentat0
- Treatment
- B and PMe0
- Outcome
- interaction effecte0
- Qualifier
- ability of the B to increase PM-use efficiencye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a significant interaction effect of B and PM (B x PM) which was adduced to the ability of the B to increase PM-use efficiency and promote better use of the nutrients in the PM”
t0“cocoyam”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of 30 t/ha biochar and 7.5 t/ha poultry manure gave the highest corm and cormel yield compared with other treatments.
- Taxon
- cocoyamColocasia esculentat0
- Treatment
- 30 t ha−1 B and 7.5 t ha−1 PM (B30+ PM7.5)e0
- Outcome
- corm and cormel yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“found that combination of 30 t ha−1 B and 7.5 t ha−1 PM (B30+ PM7.5) gave the highest corm and cormel yield of cocoyam compared with other treatments”
t0“cocoyam”
Claim · model-written summary
B30+PM7.5 is recommended for soil sustainability and cocoyam productivity on sandy soil.
- Taxon
- cocoyamColocasia esculentat0
- Outcome
- recommended for soil sustainability and cocoyam productivitye0
- Setting
- sandy soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combination of 30 t ha−1 B and 7.5 t ha−1 PM (B30+ PM7.5) exhibited the highest impact and is therefore recommended for soil sustainability and cocoyam productivity on sandy soil”
t0“cocoyam”
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