Abstract
This study was carried out at the premises of Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, demonstration farm, in Sheikan locality, North Kordofan state during two consecutive rainy seasons 2021- 2022, 2022-2023. The study was aimed at evaluating the effects of urea and goat organic manure fertilizers on growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and some soil physical properties. The experiment consisted of four treatments (Control, 2 ton goat organic manure \ feddan, 2 ton goat organic manure / feddan + 40 kg urea / feddan and 2 ton goat organic manure / feddan + 80 kg urea / feddan). Treatments were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. Growth characters studied were (days to 50% flowering, plant height (cm), number of leaf per plant and stem diameter (cm).Yield and yield attributes were straw dry yield (ton/ha), 1000 seeds weight (g), grain yield (ton/ha) and harvest Index%. Soil physical properties studied were (soil moisture content %, soil bulk density and soil porosity. Data were statistically analyzed using GEN STAT. Results showed that fertilizers significantly (P<0.05) increased sorghum plant growth, yield attributes and grain yield compared to the control in both seasons. Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer had significantly (P<0.05) decreased days to 50% flowering and increased plant height, straw dry yield (ton/ha), 1000 seeds weight (g), grain yield (ton/ha) and Harvest Index% for sorghum crop. While, there was no significant effect amongst treatments on number of leaf per plant and stem diameter (cm). The highest grain yield (2.6 ton/ha) was obtained when 2 ton goat organic manure \ feddan combined with 80 kg urea /feddan as compared with the control (1.7 ton/ha). The application of goat organic manure combined with urea fertilizer increased Soil moisture content, soil bulk density and soil porosity. It can be recommended to improve sorghum productivity and soil fertility in the marginal sandy rain fed soils of North Kordofan State and similar environments.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizers increased sorghum growth, yield attributes and grain yield compared with the control in Sheikan locality.
- Taxon
- Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolore0 - Treatment
- fertilizerse1
- Outcome
- sorghum plant growth, yield attributes and grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- controle1
- Setting
- Sheikan locality, North Kordofan statee2
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e1“fertilizers significantly (P<0.05) increased sorghum plant growth, yield attributes and grain yield compared to the control in both seasons”
e2“in Sheikan locality, North Kordofan state”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer decreased days to 50% flowering of sorghum.
- Treatment
- Goat organic manure and urea fertilizere3
- Outcome
- days to 50% floweringe3
- Direction
- decreasede3
SorghumNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e3“Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer had significantly (P<0.05) decreased days to 50% flowering”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer increased plant height, straw dry yield and 1000 seeds weight of sorghum.
- Treatment
- Goat organic manure and urea fertilizere3
- Outcome
- plant height, straw dry yield (ton/ha), 1000 seeds weight (g)e4
- Direction
- increasede4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e3“Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer had significantly (P<0.05) decreased days to 50% flowering”
e4“increased plant height, straw dry yield (ton/ha), 1000 seeds weight (g), grain yield (ton/ha) and Harvest Index%”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer increased grain yield and harvest index of sorghum.
- Treatment
- Goat organic manure and urea fertilizere3
- Outcome
- grain yield (ton/ha) and Harvest Index%e4
- Direction
- increasede4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e3“Goat organic manure and urea fertilizer had significantly (P<0.05) decreased days to 50% flowering”
e4“increased plant height, straw dry yield (ton/ha), 1000 seeds weight (g), grain yield (ton/ha) and Harvest Index%”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments had no significant effect on number of leaves per plant or stem diameter of sorghum.
- Treatment
- treatmentse5
- Outcome
- number of leaf per plant and stem diametere5
- Direction
- no significant effecte5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e5“there was no significant effect amongst treatments on number of leaf per plant and stem diameter”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest sorghum grain yield (2.6 ton/ha) was obtained with 80 kg urea per feddan combined with goat manure, compared with the control (1.7 ton/ha).
- Treatment
- 80 kg urea /feddane6
- Outcome
- grain yielde7
- Direction
- higheste7
- Value
- 2.6 ton/hae7
- Qualifier
- 1.7 ton/hae6
- Comparator
- controle6
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Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e6“combined with 80 kg urea /feddan as compared with the control (1.7 ton/ha)”
e7“The highest grain yield (2.6 ton/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat organic manure combined with urea increased soil moisture content, soil bulk density and soil porosity.
- Treatment
- goat organic manure combined with urea fertilizere1
- Outcome
- Soil moisture content, soil bulk density and soil porositye1
- Direction
- increasede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“growth and yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)”
e1“The application of goat organic manure combined with urea fertilizer increased Soil moisture content, soil bulk density and soil porosity”
Claim · model-written summary
Goat manure with urea is recommended to improve sorghum productivity and soil fertility in marginal sandy rain-fed soils of North Kordofan State and similar environments.
- Outcome
- sorghum productivity and soil fertilitye1
- Setting
- marginal sandy rain fed soils of North Kordofan Statee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“It can be recommended to improve sorghum productivity and soil fertility in the marginal sandy rain fed soils of North Kordofan State and similar environments”
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