RESTORATION OF A SEVERELY DEGRADED SOIL USING POULTRY MANURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLAR) IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
poultry manure, soil, Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), soil chemical, degradationAbstract
This study was carried out at the College of Agronomy Research Farm, North Core in 2022 cropping season. The objectives were to assess the restorative ability of poultry manure on a highly degraded soil and to evaluate the effects of poultry manure in increasing sorghum production in the study area. It involved laying out the experiment on a soil severely de-surfaced by earth moving equipment during the construction of the nearby college buildings. The experiment consisted of five (5) treatments replicated three (3) times in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). A composite soil sample was picked at the beginning of the experiment and analyzed using standard laboratory procedures, results was used first to confirm the status of degradation of the soil and as a check with the final results in the various treatments. Percentage changes between the initial and soil chemical status and the final soil status were calculated. Data was also taken on crop parameters like number of leaves, plant height, stem girth and grain yield at 4,8,12 and 16 weeks after planting (WAP). They were statistically analyzed. Results revealed that the application of poultry manure significantly improved the soil characteristics like pH and soil nutrients, being highest at 20t/ha and this led to significantly higher sorghum yield compared with the other treatments and more so with the control. It is recommended that 20t/ha of poultry manure be used to restore degraded soils in the study area for maximum yield of the test crop.
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