Abstract
Many organic agricultural waste materials can be used as sustainable resources to improve soil fertility, crop performance and fruit quality in intensive and organic agricultural systems. This study was conducted during the rainy seasons in 2021 and 2022 to determine the impact of sole and combined applications of poultry manure (PM) and crop residue of cowpea (CP) or soybean (SB) on the performance and quality of snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina). Treatments with three application rates of PM (50%, 100%, and 150%), CP (50%, 100%, and 150%), SB (50%, 100%, and 150%), and a control were tested in a trial arranged as a randomised complete block design with three replications. The study revealed that among the sole applications, PM performed better than sole applications of CP and SB in terms of effects on yield, vitamins, minerals and proximate compositions. All treatments with combined applications of PM and residues of cowpea (CP) or soybean (SB), at both the lower and the higher application rates, significantly improved all parameters measured compared with the control. The study also showed that due to their C:N ratios, the PM + CP combinations performed better than the PM + SB combinations. The study concluded that there was a consistent increase in the performance, yield and quality characteristics of the test crop with the application of 100% CP + 50% PM, indicating that this can be successfully used as a soil amendment for improved performance and quality attributes of the test crop in the study area.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Sole poultry manure performed better than sole cowpea residue for yield, vitamins, minerals and proximate composition.
Verbatim
e0“PM performed better than sole applications of CP and SB in terms of effects on yield, vitamins, minerals and proximate compositions”
e1“poultry manure (PM) and crop residue of cowpea (CP) or soybean (SB)”
e2“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole poultry manure performed better than sole soybean residue for yield, vitamins, minerals and proximate composition.
Verbatim
e0“PM performed better than sole applications of CP and SB in terms of effects on yield, vitamins, minerals and proximate compositions”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined poultry manure and cowpea residue significantly improved measured performance and quality against the control.
Verbatim
e0“All treatments with combined applications of PM and residues of cowpea (CP) or soybean (SB), at both the lower and the higher application rates, significantly improved all parameters measured compared with the control”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined poultry manure and soybean residue significantly improved measured performance and quality against the control.
Verbatim
e0“All treatments with combined applications of PM and residues of cowpea (CP) or soybean (SB), at both the lower and the higher application rates, significantly improved all parameters measured compared with the control”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Poultry manure and cowpea combinations performed better than poultry manure and soybean combinations.
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e0“the PM + CP combinations performed better than the PM + SB combinations”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 100% cowpea residue plus 50% poultry manure consistently increased crop performance, yield and quality.
- Taxon
- snake tomatoe1
- Treatment
- 100% CP + 50% PMe0
- Outcome
- performance, yield and quality characteristicse0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
e0“a consistent increase in the performance, yield and quality characteristics of the test crop with the application of 100% CP + 50% PM”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 100% cowpea residue plus 50% poultry manure as a soil amendment.
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e0“100% CP + 50% PM, indicating that this can be successfully used as a soil amendment for improved performance and quality attributes of the test crop”
e1“snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina)”