Abstract
The effect of planting and mulching materials on growth and yield of white yam was evaluated in Ikorodu. White yam head, bottom and seed yam were used as planting materials while cooking banana pseudostem, banana leaves and guinea grass (Panicum maximum) were used as mulching materials and control plot was left unmulched.. Planting and mulching materials had significant effect on days to sprouting, vine length and yield of white yam. Seed yam performed relatively better than head and bottom setts in growth and yield. Grass mulch significantly (P < 0.05) gave higher rate of emergence and had tuber yield greater than the banana pseudostem, leave mulch and the unmulched plots. Irrespective of mulching materials, it was found that mulching significantly (P< 0.05) increased tuber yield than the unmulched yam. Interaction between planting and mulching materials also had a significant effect on days to sprouting, vine length and yield of yam. The control (unmulched) plots performed least amongst the treatments. It could be suggested that banana pseudostem and leaves be chopped, fermented, dried and milled to serve better as mulching material and to improve the physical quality of the soil. It is therefore suggested that more work be conducted on the use of banana pseudostem as mulching material to determine the nutrient composition of the material and the appropriate level for its use.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Planting and mulching materials significantly affected sprouting time, vine length and yam yield.
- Taxon
- white yam
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae0 - Treatment
- Planting and mulching materialse0
- Outcome
- days to sprouting, vine length and yielde0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Planting and mulching materials had significant effect on days to sprouting, vine length and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed yam performed better in growth and yield than head and bottom setts.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- Seed yame0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- head and bottom settse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed yam performed relatively better than head and bottom setts in growth and yield”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch significantly improved emergence rate.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- Grass mulche0
- Outcome
- rate of emergencee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- banana pseudostem, leave mulch and the unmulched plotse0
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Verbatim
e0“Grass mulch significantly (P < 0.05) gave higher rate of emergence and had tuber yield greater than the banana pseudostem, leave mulch and the unmulched plots”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch gave greater tuber yield than banana pseudostem, leaf mulch and unmulched plots.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- Grass mulche0
- Outcome
- tuber yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- banana pseudostem, leave mulch and the unmulched plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Grass mulch significantly (P < 0.05) gave higher rate of emergence and had tuber yield greater than the banana pseudostem, leave mulch and the unmulched plots”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased yam tuber yield relative to unmulched plots.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- tuber yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- unmulched yame0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mulching significantly (P< 0.05) increased tuber yield than the unmulched yam”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Planting material and mulch interactions significantly affected sprouting time, vine length and yield.
- Taxon
- yame0
- Treatment
- planting and mulching materialse0
- Outcome
- days to sprouting, vine length and yielde0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Interaction between planting and mulching materials also had a significant effect on days to sprouting, vine length and yield of yam”
Claim · model-written summary
Unmulched control plots performed least among treatments.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- unmulchede0
- Outcome
- performed leaste0
- Direction
- leaste0
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Verbatim
e0“The control (unmulched) plots performed least amongst the treatments”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest processing banana pseudostem and leaves as mulch to improve soil physical quality.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- banana pseudostem and leaves be chopped, fermented, dried and millede0
- Outcome
- improve the physical quality of the soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“banana pseudostem and leaves be chopped, fermented, dried and milled to serve better as mulching material and to improve the physical quality of the soil”
e1“growth and yield of white yam”
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