Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03650340802279619en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0365-0340en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalArchives of Agronomy and Soil Scienceen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRIBUSINESSen
cg.subject.iitaBANANAen
cg.subject.iitaCROP SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaFARM MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.iitaDOMESTIC TRADEen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaFORESTRYen
cg.subject.iitaHANDLING, TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSen
cg.volume54en
dc.contributor.authorHauser, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMekoa, C.en
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, K.S.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-06T12:14:38Zen
dc.date.available2018-02-06T12:14:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90758
dc.titleBunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallowen
dcterms.abstractEffects of fallow type, sucker sanitation (hot-water treatment, HWT) and fertilizer application on yield, root and corm health of two plantain cultivars were investigated. Most yield parameters were strongest affected by fallow type with more producing plants, higher bunch mass and yield after forest clearing than in bush/grass fallow. The second most important factor was HWT with more producing plants (52.3%) than in control (35.8%, p 5 0.0001). Fertilizer application increased the proportion of producing plants by 9%, p 5 0.018 and yield from 4.08–5.79 Mg ha71. Combined HWT and fertilizer had strong synergistic effects. Cultivar interacted with fallow and HWT: in bush/grass fallow yield did not differ between cultivars (2.17 Mg ha71); in forest fallow Essong produced 57% (9.4 Mg ha71) more than Ebang (6.0 Mg ha71, p 5 0.001). Essong yielded 65% more after HWT than Ebang (8.0 versus 4.9 Mg ha71, p 5 0.001), yet not when untreated. A limited sink capacity of Ebang is likely to constrain yield increases. HWT improved root and corm health and was better in forest than in bush/grass land. In bush/grass fallow no treatment attained yields as high as in forest even when untreated and not fertilized. Soil chemical properties were not correlated with yield.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHauser, S., Mekoa, C. & Jacobsen, K.S. (2008). Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot-water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 54(5), 541-556.en
dcterms.extentp. 541-556en
dcterms.issued2008-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectfallowen
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectforest clearingen
dcterms.subjectplantainsen
dcterms.subjectroot and corm healthen
dcterms.subjectsucker sanitationen
dcterms.subjectbiological nematicidesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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