Abstract:
Trials were conducted during the 2015 rainy season on farmers' fields in 15 villages across 3
Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State to study the effects of various nutrient
applications and combinations on groundnut productivity. The treatments were P only, P + K, P
+ K + Micronutrients (Mc), P + K + Mc + Organic manure (OM), OM only and no fertilizer
treatment (Control). The treatments were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with
farmers as replicates. The results showed that all the yield traits expectedly correlated positively
and highly significantly with pod yield and plant height in Gaya and Ajingi. In Gezawa, except
for days to flowering (which correlated negatively), number of branches plant-1
and days to
maturity (which shows no association), all other parameters correlated positively with pod yield
at 1% level of probability. |
