Influence of method of residue application and moisture content on water soluble nitrogen in a rhodickandiustalf amended with different fallow plant materials
| dc.contributor.author | Darko, D.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nartey, E.K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adiku, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laryea, K.B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-17T09:58:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-17T09:58:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-10-05 | |
| 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.identifier.uri | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wajae/article/viewFile/189195/178432 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34223 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | West African Journal of Applied Ecology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 27;1 | |
| 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 |