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Title SOME METHODS OF SOIL IMPROVEMENT IN THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF PLANTAIN (MUSA AAB GROUP)
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/632
Date 1992
Author(s) KUMI, JOHN ADU
Abstract ix,94p.:ill. - A completely randomised block design experiment was carried out at Asamankese (5o 52'M, 0o43'W) to study the influence of inorganic fertilizer, chicken growth and how the vegetative growth affected fruit filling of two cultivars of Ghanaian plantains, namely, Apantu and Apem. Yields were found to be generally related to vegetative growth, in that plants treated with inorganic fertilizer and chicken manure were significantly taller and thicker in girth, and produced the highest number of leaves as compared to the other treatments. These plants also produced the highest bunch yields in both cultivars. Mulching with chicken manure or plant remains enhanced the production of more foliage leaves and suckers, but the sawdust treatment caused a slower development of the plants. In assessing bunch characteristics in terms of peduncle, pulp and peel dry weights, it was found that in both cultivars, bunch weight was influenced more by pulp weight than peduncle and peel weights. - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Library, Kumasi, Ghana.
Subject(s) INORGANIC FERTILIZER; CHICKEN MANURE; PLANTAIN; SOIL; ASAMANKESE
Language en
Type of publication Thesis
Identifier 1959
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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