Soil amendments and rotation effects on soybean and maize growths and soil chemical changes in northern Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghanaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4270284en
cg.issn1687-8167en
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agronomyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFARMING SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriSOILSen
cg.volume2017en
dc.contributor.authorKanton, R.A.L.en
dc.contributor.authorBuah, Saaka S.J.en
dc.contributor.authorLarbi, Asamoahen
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, A.M.en
dc.contributor.authorBidzakin, J.K.en
dc.contributor.authorYakubu, E.A.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-17T15:10:44Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-17T15:10:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90504
dc.titleSoil amendments and rotation effects on soybean and maize growths and soil chemical changes in northern Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractA 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.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKanton, 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.extentpp. 1-9en
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherHindawi Limiteden
dcterms.subjectcropsen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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