Impact of soil amendments on the early growth of Streculia setigera Del. in the nursery

• Authors: A. Buochuama , E. F. Akhabue
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There exists an inadequate research on the propagation and nutrient needs of most tropical tree species. Hence, this work involves the developmental impact of soil amendments on the early growth of Streculia setigera Del. in the nursery. Different soil amendments; poultry waste (F1), goat manure (F2), cow manure (F3) and the control, normal soil (F4) were applied to several viable seeds of Streculia setigera in the nursery. The seeds were subjected to the same routine nursery practices. The experiment was laid in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and lasted for ninety (90) days. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used in the data analysis. The findings revealed that the entire growth response of Streculia setigera seedlings were only sparely affected by the soil amendments (P<0.05). F3 was found to be the most preferred soil amendment for this species, followed by F2 and F4 consecutively. The result obtained from F1 was very poor and thus it is not ideal for this species.

Keywords

EN

early growth; nursery; nutrient requirement; propagation; soil amendments

Discipline

• FORESTRY: FORESTRY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 287-297

Contributors

author

A. Buochuama

• Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

author

E. F. Akhabue

• Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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