Abstract
This experiment was aimed to investigate the production characteristics and nutritive quality of Ruzi grass by varying levels of organic and inorganic fertilizer viz. cow dung (CD) and urea fertilizer (UF), respectively. The treatments were arranged into a factorial design and grouped according to a completely randomized design with three replications. Three doses of CD (0; 5; and 10 t/ha) were applied at sowing and four UF doses were applied as top dressing (0, 25, 50 and 100 kg/ha). The application of CD and UF have a positive effect on the length of leaves (p=0.00 and p=0.02) but their interactions are not significantly different (p=0.12). The effect of CD, UF and their interaction significantly increased the number of leaves (p=0.00), the number of tillers (p=0.00) and dry matter yield (p=0.00). There were no significant effect of CD and interaction on the leaf/stem ratio (p=0.17 and p=0.23, respectively) but UF slightly increased the ratio (p=0.00), CP% (p£0.00), NDF% (p£0.00) and ADF% (p£0.00). The best combination of fertilizer could be noted at 50 kg/ha UF and 10 t/ha CD to obtain better results. It might recommend that better fertilizer management can improve productivity as well as the nutritional quality of Ruzi grass.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Cow dung increased leaf length.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)
Urochloa ruziziensist0 - Treatment
- CDe0
- Outcome
- length of leavese0
- Direction
- positive effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“The application of CD and UF have a positive effect on the length of leaves (p=0.00 and p=0.02)”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea increased leaf length.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Treatment
- UFe0
- Outcome
- length of leavese0
- Direction
- positive effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“The application of CD and UF have a positive effect on the length of leaves (p=0.00 and p=0.02)”
Claim · model-written summary
The cow dung by urea interaction was not significant for leaf length.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Outcome
- length of leavese1
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“their interactions are not significantly different (p=0.12)”
e1“length of leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow dung, urea and their interaction significantly increased leaf number, tiller number and dry matter yield.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Treatment
- CD, UF and their interactione0
- Outcome
- the number of leaves (p=0.00), the number of tillers (p=0.00) and dry matter yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“The effect of CD, UF and their interaction significantly increased the number of leaves (p=0.00), the number of tillers (p=0.00) and dry matter yield (p=0.00)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow dung and the cow dung by urea interaction had no significant effect on leaf to stem ratio.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Outcome
- leaf/stem ratioe0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“There were no significant effect of CD and interaction on the leaf/stem ratio (p=0.17 and p=0.23, respectively)”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea increased leaf to stem ratio, CP%, NDF% and ADF%.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Treatment
- UFe0
- Outcome
- the ratio (p=0.00), CP% (p£0.00), NDF% (p£0.00) and ADF%e0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“UF slightly increased the ratio (p=0.00), CP% (p£0.00), NDF% (p£0.00) and ADF% (p£0.00)”
e1“leaf/stem ratio”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors identified 50 kg/ha urea and 10 t/ha cow dung as the best fertilizer combination.
- Taxon
- Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)Urochloa ruziziensist0
- Outcome
- 50 kg/ha UF and 10 t/ha CDe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis)”
e0“The best combination of fertilizer could be noted at 50 kg/ha UF and 10 t/ha CD to obtain better results”
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