Evaluation of agronomic characters of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L) Gaertn) as influenced by poultry manure in the Northern Guinea Savanna agroecology, Nigeria
1 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Kashere, P.M.B 0182 Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Wildlife Resources Management, University of Calabar, P.M.B 1115 Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2019, 03(03), 054-057
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2019.3.3.0056
Publication history:
Received on 28 August 2019; revised on 21 September 2019; accepted on 23 September 2019
Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm, Taraba State College of Agriculture Jalingo in 2017 to evaluate the effect of poultry manure on agronomic parameters of finger millet. The treatments evaluated were poultry manure compost at 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 t/ha. The treatments were replicated three times and arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD). The results obtained showed that finger millet responded positively to poultry manure treatment in all agronomic parameters evaluated with the best values obtained at 8 t poultry manure/ha. Finger millet plants in this treatment were tallest (45.20 cm), with highest number of tillers/plant (7.90), highest LAI (52.19), as well as lowest number of days to 50 % flowering (103.13), highest number of spikes/plant (18.09), longest spikes (4.65 cm) and highest grain yield (3.04 t/ha). This performance trend indicates that the best agronomic parameters could be obtained for finger millet by applying 8 t poultry manure/ha or more in the study area.
Keywords:
Agronomic characters; Finger millet; Northern Guinea Savanna; Poultry manure; Nigeria
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