Abstract
Studies to evaluate the response of passion fruit seedlings in terms of emergence, nursery, and early field growth to growing media and mulching were carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi between July and December 2018. Treatments consisted of five media, composted from readily available substrates. The five nursery media were; medium 1:1:2:3 (SB) composed of top soil + poultry manure + river sand; medium 2:1:2:3 (RHB) – rice hull + poultry manure + river sand; medium 3:2:3:1 (RHB) – rice hull + poultry manure + river sand; medium 4:1:4:3 (SDB) – sawdust + poultry manure + river sand and medium 5:1:2:3 (SDB) – sawdust + poultry manure + river sand. For the nursery experiment, treatments were the five potting media, while the field trial was a 5 × 2 factorial arrangement consisting of the five growing media and mulching status (mulch and no mulch). In both cases, treatments were laid out in randomized designs that were replicated three times. Results showed that there were no significant differences in all the emergence traits evaluated. However, medium M5 (sawdust based) showed superior performance in most of the seedling characters evaluated. Under field conditions, the sawdust based media (M4 and M5) gave the best growth of passion fruit seedlings compared to the other potting media. Application of mulch, however, did not elicit any significant response in plant growth. It is therefore conclusive that sawdust based growing media could be used to produce high quality passion fruit seedlings with the prospect of excellent performance under field conditions.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Emergence traits did not differ significantly among tested media.
- Taxon
- passion fruit
Passiflora edulist0 - Outcome
- emergence traitse0
- Direction
- no significant differencese0
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e0“there were no significant differences in all the emergence traits evaluated”
t0“passion fruit seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
M5 sawdust medium was superior for most seedling characters.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulist0
- Treatment
- medium M5 (sawdust based)e0
- Outcome
- most of the seedling characters evaluatede0
- Direction
- superiore0
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e0“medium M5 (sawdust based) showed superior performance in most of the seedling characters evaluated”
t0“passion fruit seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
M4 sawdust medium gave among the best field growth.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulise0
- Treatment
- M4e0
- Outcome
- growth of passion fruit seedlingse0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- other potting mediae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“the sawdust based media (M4 and M5) gave the best growth of passion fruit seedlings compared to the other potting media”
Claim · model-written summary
M5 sawdust medium gave among the best field growth.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulise0
- Treatment
- M5e0
- Outcome
- growth of passion fruit seedlingse0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- other potting mediae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the sawdust based media (M4 and M5) gave the best growth of passion fruit seedlings compared to the other potting media”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching produced no significant growth response.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulist0
- Treatment
- mulche0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- did not elicit any significant responsee0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of mulch, however, did not elicit any significant response in plant growth”
t0“passion fruit seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors conclude sawdust media could produce high-quality seedlings with good field prospects.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulise0
- Treatment
- sawdust based growing mediae0
- Outcome
- produce high quality passion fruit seedlingse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sawdust based growing media could be used to produce high quality passion fruit seedlings with the prospect of excellent performance under field conditions”
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mulching · growth · Passiflora edulis (passion fruit)Positive and negative results
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