dc.contributor.author |
Darko, D.A. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Nartey, E.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Adiku, S. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Laryea, K.B. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-12-17T09:58:51Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-12-17T09:58:51Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019-10-05 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wajae/article/viewFile/189195/178432 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34223 |
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dc.description |
Research Article |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
Use of plant residues as nutrient sources presents a viable option to resource poor farmers who sparsely use mineral
fertilizer in crop production. A study was conducted to gain an insight into how different application methods of
residues from different fallow management systems under two moisture regimes would affect soluble N release in
a Rhodic Kandiustalf. Three residue types viz, elephant grass from a natural fallow (T1) and another as a fallow
following a previously fertilized maize (T2) and a fallow legume (T3) were surface applied and incorporated in a
Rhodic Kandiustalf at both field capacity (FC) and 60% field capacity over a sixteen-week period. Incorporation
of mucuna residues and elephant grass from previously fertilized maize fallow released similar soluble N levels
which were higher than levels from the natural elephant grass amendments. At 60% FC, both mucuna and elephant
grass from the fertilized maize fields that were surface applied had slower N releases than the grass from the
natural fallow, suggesting the elephant grass from the natural fallow field could be used as an N source amidst light
watering to avoid leaching in the dry season. |
en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship |
Office of
Natural Resource Management and the Office
of Agriculture in the Economic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade Bureau of the US
Agency for International Development under
the terms of Grant Number LAG G 00 97
00002 00 and through a collaboration with
the Department of Agricultural and Biological
Engineering, University of Florida, USA.
TC/D/A0013E/1/07.05/300. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
West African Journal of Applied Ecology |
en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
27;1 |
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dc.subject |
mineral fertilizer |
en_US |
dc.subject |
soluble N |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Rhodic Kandiustalf |
en_US |
dc.subject |
field capacity (FC) |
en_US |
dc.title |
Influence of method of residue application and moisture content on water soluble nitrogen in a rhodickandiustalf amended with different fallow plant materials |
en_US |
dc.type |
Article |
en_US |