Abstract
Inherently low concentrations of soil nutrients and erratic rainfall pattern in sub-Sahara Africa limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer. The study was conducted to: (i) improve soybean response to rhizobia inoculation and P-fertilizer through the addition of organic manure; (ii) enhance rain water use efficiency and (iii) determine the economic viability of combined application of the three factors in soybean cropping systems in the Northern region of Ghana. A factorial experiment with two levels of rhizobia inoculant, two levels of Phosphorus, two different kinds organic manure (fertisoil (a commercially prepared compost from urban waste, rice husks, poultry manure and shea butter waste) and cattle manure) and a control arranged in randomized complete block design with three replications was established on farmers’ fields. The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manure markedly increased nodulation, shoot biomass, haulms, harvest index (HI), P agronomic efficiency (P-AE) and rain water use efficiency (RUE) compared to the control. The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and fertisoil increased grain yield by four-folds whereas the combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and cattle manure increased grain yield by three- folds. Harvest index, P-AE and RUE were relatively higher with the fertisoil treatment combinations than with the cattle manure combinations and the control treatment. The application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer in combination with fertisoil was profitable with VCR of 2 as compared to the combination of cattle manure which had a VCR of 0.40. The results showed that fertisoil offers a better option of improving soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer; and has the potential to enhance rain water use efficiency. However, the long term benefit must be quantified.
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Claim · model-written summary
Combined rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manure increased nodulation, shoot biomass and haulms compared with the control.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manuree1
- Interactor
- rhizobiae1symbiont
- Outcome
- nodulation, shoot biomass, haulmse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- the controle1
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Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e1“The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manure markedly increased nodulation, shoot biomass, haulms, harvest index (HI), P agronomic efficiency (P-AE) and rain water use efficiency (RUE) compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manure increased harvest index, P agronomic efficiency and rain water use efficiency compared with the control.
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe0
- Treatment
- combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manuree1
- Interactor
- rhizobiae1symbiont
- Outcome
- harvest index (HI), P agronomic efficiency (P-AE) and rain water use efficiency (RUE)e1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- the controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e1“The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and organic manure markedly increased nodulation, shoot biomass, haulms, harvest index (HI), P agronomic efficiency (P-AE) and rain water use efficiency (RUE) compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and fertisoil increased grain yield by four-folds.
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe0
- Treatment
- combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and fertisoile2
- Interactor
- rhizobiae2symbiont
- Outcome
- grain yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- four-foldse2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e2“The combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and fertisoil increased grain yield by four-folds”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and cattle manure increased grain yield by three-folds.
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe0
- Treatment
- combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and cattle manuree3
- Interactor
- rhizobiae3symbiont
- Outcome
- grain yielde3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Value
- three- foldse3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e3“the combined application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and cattle manure increased grain yield by three- folds”
Claim · model-written summary
Harvest index, P agronomic efficiency and rain water use efficiency were relatively higher with fertisoil combinations than with cattle manure combinations and the control.
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe0
- Treatment
- fertisoil treatment combinationse4
- Outcome
- Harvest index, P-AE and RUEe4
- Direction
- relatively highere4
- Comparator
- cattle manure combinations and the control treatmente4
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Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e4“Harvest index, P-AE and RUE were relatively higher with the fertisoil treatment combinations than with the cattle manure combinations and the control treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer and fertisoil was profitable, with VCR of 2, compared with the cattle manure combination (VCR 0.40).
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe0
- Treatment
- rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer in combination with fertisoile5
- Interactor
- rhizobiae5symbiont
- Outcome
- VCRe5
- Direction
- higherinferrede5
- Value
- 2e5
- Qualifier
- VCR of 0.40e5
- Comparator
- combination of cattle manuree5
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Verbatim
e0“limit soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
e5“The application of rhizobia inoculant, P-fertilizer in combination with fertisoil was profitable with VCR of 2 as compared to the combination of cattle manure which had a VCR of 0.40”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertisoil is a better option for improving soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer.
- Taxon
- soybeanGlycine maxe6
- Treatment
- fertisoile6
- Interactor
- rhizobiae6symbiont
- Outcome
- improving soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizere6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“fertisoil offers a better option of improving soybean response to rhizobia inoculant and P-fertilizer”
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