RATE AND FREQUENCY OF POULTRY MANURE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FLUTED PUMPKIN (Telfairia occidentalis HOOK. F.)
Keywords:
Fluted pumpkin;, frequency;, poultry manure;, rate;, shoot growthAbstract
Cultivation of Fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.) is predominantly done by smallholder
farmers but scarcity and high cost of inorganic fertilizers have limited its usage and shifted to viable
alternatives. Field experiments were carried out in the Crop Research Farm, Federal University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria from November 2018 to August 2019 and from August
2019 to August 2020 cropping seasons to determine the effects of poultry manure (PM) rate and frequency
of application on agronomic performance of fresh shoot, pod and seed yields of Telfairia occidentalis.
There were three rates: 5, 10 and 15 t. ha-1 of PM and a control (no application) as main plot
and four frequency of PM application: once, twice, three times and at every harvest plot laid out in split
-plot arrangement and fitted into a Randomized Complete Block Design, replicated three times. Results
showed that in 2018, PM at 15 t. ha-1 increased fresh shoot weight at 6 to 14 weeks after sowing
(WAS) relative to 5 t.ha-1 and 10 t.ha-1 PM rate. In 2018, pod weight/plant was increased with 15 t.ha-1
PM application and increased with frequency of PM application at every harvest while the seed weight/
plant was increased at 15 t.ha-1 PM application and at every harvest. In 2019, pod yield and seed
weight increased at 15 t.ha-1 PM application while pod yield was increased with no PM application;
seed weight/plant increased with PM application three times. In 2019, interaction of PM at 5 t.ha-1 applied
three times significantly increased fresh shoot weight by 85.4 % at 14 WAP relative to 15 t.ha-1
PM applied once. Interaction of PM at 10 and 15 t.ha-1 applied three times and at every harvest, respectively
gave similar results on cumulative fresh shoot weight while the plants from control plots
produced significantly lower fresh shoot weight in 2018. There were no significant differences observed
in weight of pod and seed weight/plant with PM rate, frequency and interaction in 2018 and
2019 croppings. Application rate of 10 t.ha-1 PM applied three times enhanced cumulative fresh shoot
yield and therefore suggested for fluted pumpkin growers.
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