DETERMINANTS OF FERTILIZER MICRODOSING-INDUCED YIELD INCREMENT OF PEARL MILLET ON AN ACID SANDY SOIL

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dc.contributor.authorIBRAHIM ALI
dc.contributor.authorAbaidoo R. C
dc.contributor.authorFATONDJI DOUGBEDJI
dc.contributor.authorOPOKU ANDREWS
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T11:10:27Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T11:10:27Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThis article is Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015 and is also available at doi:10.1017/S0014479715000241
dc.description.abstractRecent studies have reported the benefits of fertilizer microdosing in increasing crop yields in low input cropping systems. Little information is however available on the mechanisms underlying this effect. The objective of this study was therefore to explore the root-based mechanisms governing the growth enhancing phenomena of the fertilizer microdosing technology. A two-year experiment was conducted at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Research Station in Niger. Four treatments comprising (i) 2 g hill−1 of diammonuim phosphate (DAP), (ii) 6 g hill−1 of compound fertilizer NPK, (iii) broadcasting of 200 kg ha−1 of compound fertilizer NPK (recommended rate) and (iv) unfertilized control was arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. On average, fertilizer microdosing treatments (2-g DAP hill−1 and 6-g NPK hill−1) achieved 86% and 79% of the grain yields recorded from broadcasting of 200-kg NPK ha−1, respectively, in 2013 and 2014. The leaf area index and leaf chlorophyll content significantly increased with fertilizer microdosing at the early stage of millet growth. At the same stage, fertilizer microdosing enhanced the lateral root length density in the topsoil (0–20 cm) by 72% and 40% at respective lateral distances of 25 cm and 50 cm from the centre of the hill compared with broadcast of 200-kg NPK ha−1. Fertilizer microdosing did not significantly change soil pH in the root zone. It is concluded that the positive effect of fertilizer microdosing in increasing millet yield results from the better exploitation of soil nutrients due to early lateral roots proliferation within the topsoil
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dc.identifier.citationExpl Agric. (2016), volume 52 (4), pp. 562–578
dc.identifier.uridoi:10.1017/S0014479715000241
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14613
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.titleDETERMINANTS OF FERTILIZER MICRODOSING-INDUCED YIELD INCREMENT OF PEARL MILLET ON AN ACID SANDY SOIL
dc.typeArticle
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