Effect of tillage and poultry manure rates on physiological growth and yield of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).
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2018
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University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.
Abstract
A field trial was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Ilorin during the 2015 and 2016 cropping
seasons to assess the effect of tillage methods and poultry manure application on the growth and yield of sesame. The experiment
was laid out as a split plot arrangement, fitted into a randomized complete block replicated thrice. The factors consisted
of three tillage methods and four levels of poultry manure application (0, 5, 10, and 15 tha–1). The result revealed that tillage
and poultry manure significantly (P<0.05) increased the growth and yield of sesame. Increasing the rate of poultry manure resulted
in an increase in the net assimilation rate, relative growth rate, and crop growth rate. The yield in 2016 was higher than
that of 2015 due to higher rainfall and residual effect of the previous cropping season. Yield per hectare was optimized using
conventional tillage method and poultry manure at 15 tha–1. Although the conventional tillage and poultry manure treatments
produced the highest yield, the control plot gave the highest cost and returns (return per investment) in the two years of study
due to high cost of farm inputs. The result of the study further affirms farmer’s reluctance on the use of external inputs for
yield enhancement in sesame.
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Soil manipulation, organic amendment, performance, sesame
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55. Eifediyi, E. K., Komolafe, O. A., Ahamefule, H. E., Falola, A. (2018): Effect of tillage and poultry manure rates on physiological growth and yield of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica, 49(4): 255–266. Published by the University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic. Available at [18059430%20-%20Scientia%20Agriculturae%20Bohemica]%20Effect%20of%20Tillage%20and%20Poultry%20Manure%20Rates%20on%20Physiological%20Growth%20and%20Yield%20of%20Sesame%20(Sesamum%20indicum%20L.)%20(1).pdf