Soil properties and performance of celosia (Celosia Argentea) as affected by compost made with Trichoderma asperellum

Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE; Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE; Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİEL-ADEWOYİN; Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA; David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ; Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

doi:https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.880541

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Soil properties and performance of celosia (Celosia Argentea) as affected by compost made with Trichoderma asperellum

Authors:

Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE | Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE | Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİEL-ADEWOYİN | Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA | David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ | Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

Publisher:

Avrasya Toprak Bilimleri Dernekleri Federasyonu

Journal:

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2021 Vol.10 Issue 3, pp.199-206

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000423295

eISSN:

2147-4249

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.880541

Abstract:

 

This study evaluated the effect of two plant materials (Panicum maximum and Tridax procumbens) composted with cow dung, with or without Trichoderma asperellum inoculation on soil properties and yield of celosia in 2014 and 2015. The treatments were tridax-based compost without Trichoderma (TBC), tridax-based compost with Trichoderma (TTBC), panicum-based compost without Trichoderma (PBC), panicum-based compost with Trichoderma (TPBC) and control (no compost). All compost were applied at 240 kgN/ha. The design was RCBD with three replicates and data analyzed using ANOVA at α0.05. Results showed that compost enhanced growth, nutrient uptake and yield of celosia. In 2014, highest fresh weight (57.09 t/ha) was obtained from plant treated with TPBC, which compared favourably with TTBC TTBC (57.00 t/ha) but significantly higher than TBC (43.85 t/ha) and PBC (47.32 t/ha) while control gave the least significant value (20 t/ha). A similar trend was obtained in 2015. This infers that plants that received inoculated compost gave better yield compared to uninoculated compost. Post-cropping soil chemical analysis revealed that compost improved soil N, P, K and organic C. This shows that Trichoderma inoculated compost could be better than the uninoculated compost for celosia production in an Alfisol.

Article Details

Soil properties and performance of celosia (Celosia Argentea) as affected by compost made with Trichoderma asperellum

Authors: Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE | Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE | Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİEL-ADEWOYİN | Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA | David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ | Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

Publisher: Avrasya Toprak Bilimleri Dernekleri Federasyonu

Journal: Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2021 Vol.10 Issue 3, pp.199-206

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2021

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000423295

eISSN: 2147-4249

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.880541

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Authors:

Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE | Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE | Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİEL-ADEWOYİN | Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA | David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ | Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

Publisher:

Avrasya Toprak Bilimleri Dernekleri Federasyonu

Journal:

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2021 Vol.10 Issue 3, pp.199-206

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000423295

eISSN:

2147-4249

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18393/ejss.880541