Soil amendments and rotation effects on soybean and maize growths and soil chemical changes in northern Ghana
cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute | en |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana | en |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | en |
cg.contributor.crp | Maize | |
cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en |
cg.coverage.country | Ghana | |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | GH | |
cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | |
cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en |
cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4270284 | en |
cg.issn | 1687-8167 | en |
cg.journal | International Journal of Agronomy | en |
cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
cg.subject.ilri | CROPS | en |
cg.subject.ilri | FARMING SYSTEMS | en |
cg.subject.ilri | SOILS | en |
cg.volume | 2017 | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kanton, R.A.L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Buah, Saaka S.J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Larbi, Asamoah | en |
dc.contributor.author | Mohammed, A.M. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bidzakin, J.K. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Yakubu, E.A. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-17T15:10:44Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-17T15:10:44Z | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90504 | |
dc.title | Soil amendments and rotation effects on soybean and maize growths and soil chemical changes in northern Ghana | en |
dcterms.abstract | A four-year field trial was conducted at Bonia in the Upper East Region of Ghana to evaluate soybean-maize rotation amendment systems. The treatments included soybean without amendment, inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with fertisol, inoculated soybean with phosphorus and potassium (P, K), inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, inoculated soybean with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N, P, K), and continuous maize. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Inoculation negatively affected yields by 2% and 14% in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Soil amendments with P, K or N, P, K increased yields within 45–51%, fertisol increased by 95%, and integration of P, K and fertisol recorded 76% increment of inoculated soybean. Yields of maize increased by 1%, 20%, 25%, 43%, 44%, and 46% under inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with N, P, K, inoculated soybean with P, K, inoculated soybean with fertisol, soybean without amendment, and inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, respectively. Maize after inoculated soybean with fertisol and maize after inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol consistently scored higher benefit-cost ratio across the two years of experimentation. Thus, the two systems are conceivable for recommendation to the farmers in northern Ghana. | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Kanton, R.A.L., Buah, S.S.J., Larbi, A., Mohammed, A.M., Bidzakin, J.K. and Yakubu, E.A. 2017. Soil amendments and rotation effects on soybean and maize growths and soil chemical changes in northern Ghana. International Journal of Agronomy Article ID 4270284. | en |
dcterms.extent | pp. 1-9 | en |
dcterms.issued | 2017 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
dcterms.publisher | Hindawi Limited | en |
dcterms.subject | crops | en |
dcterms.subject | maize | en |
dcterms.type | Journal Article |
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