Abstract
Mansonia altissima A. Chev plays an important role in timber industry but is a very slow growing species at seedling stage. The study, therefore, investigated the influence of different organic fertilizers on the growth potentials of M. altissima with a view to producing seedlings of high vigour for the establishment of healthy plantation. Two weeks old uniform seedlings of M. altissima were transplanted into the polythene pots containing topsoil amended with different organic manures. There were four (4) treatments {Topsoil + Goat droppings (T1); Topsoil + Poultry droppings (T2); Topsoil + Pig droppings (T3) and Topsoil alone (control) (T4)}, replicated five times. The experimental design was a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Data on shoot heights (cm), collar diameters (mm), leaf area (cm2) and leaf production were collected weekly and analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). There were significant differences (p<0.05) among the treatments in shoot heights, leaf production and leaf area. But there was no significant difference in collar diameter (p>0.05). T1 had highest mean shoot height (9.9±1.35cm), Leaf production (2.0±0.29) and Leaf area (29.17±5.60 cm2) while the least leaf production (1.89+0.24) was observed in the control treatment. Application of different organic fertilizers had significant effects on the growth performance of Mansonia altissima seedlings within period of study with the best performance in the seedlings raised with T1.
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Claim · model-written summary
Organic fertilizer treatments differed significantly in shoot height, leaf production and leaf area.
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e0“There were significant differences (p<0.05) among the treatments in shoot heights, leaf production and leaf area.”
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Collar diameter did not differ significantly among treatments.
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e0“But there was no significant difference in collar diameter (p>0.05).”
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Goat-dropping treatment had the highest mean shoot height of 9.9±1.35cm.
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e0“T1 had highest mean shoot height (9.9±1.35cm), Leaf production (2.0±0.29) and Leaf area (29.17±5.60 cm2)”
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Goat-dropping treatment had highest leaf production of 2.0±0.29.
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e0“T1 had highest mean shoot height (9.9±1.35cm), Leaf production (2.0±0.29) and Leaf area (29.17±5.60 cm2)”
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Goat-dropping treatment had highest leaf area of 29.17±5.60 cm2.
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e0“T1 had highest mean shoot height (9.9±1.35cm), Leaf production (2.0±0.29) and Leaf area (29.17±5.60 cm2)”
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Control had the least leaf production, 1.89+0.24.
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e0“the least leaf production (1.89+0.24) was observed in the control treatment.”
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Goat-dropping treatment gave the best seedling growth performance.
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- Mansonia altissima
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- best performancee0
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e0“Application of different organic fertilizers had significant effects on the growth performance of Mansonia altissima seedlings within period of study with the best performance in the seedlings raised with T1.”