Assessment of Different Levels of Blanket Recommendations of NPK Fertiliser for Okro Production
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Peasant farmers all over the nation still face inadequate information about appropriate recommendations for applying inorganic fertilizers, This blanket recommendation of inorganic fertilizers to crops is a perpetual practice among peasant farmers on arable lands. This involves the use of local measurements, and this creates nutrient imbalance. This problem may not be unconnected with inadequate information from soil testing programme results either at local or zonal levels. However, this paper reviewed the results s obtained from four levels of blanket recommendations of N. P.K. 15 - 15 – 15 fertilizer ranging from 45g to 180g per 1.4 m² land area of 43 - 4 dwarf okro variety. The experiment was conducted between November 2002 and February 2003. From the results, it can be deduced that the optimum yield of the 47-4 okro variety can be obtained at an application rate of 45 g, equivalent to 310 kg ha ¹ of NPK fertilizer
Author: Ogungbe, Peter, W.
Institution: Lagos State University of Education
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212371885