Nitrogen Nutrition of White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) Grown in Two Selected Locations of Southwestern Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorOkpon, Stephen Nelson
dc.contributor.otherAduayi, E. A.
dc.coverage.geographicalSouthwestern Nigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-24T13:12:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T13:57:14Z
dc.date.available2014-02-24T13:12:04Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T13:57:14Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.degree.awardPH.D. Soil Scienceen_US
dc.departmentSoil Sc ienceen_US
dc.description.abstractSoil physical and chemical evaluation was carried out in five selected locations of southern Nigeria viz: Ile-Ife in Oyo State, Ado Ekiti in undo State, Asaba in Bendel State, Abakaliki in Anambra State and Ogoja in Cross River State that are known to support the production of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir). Of these five locations, Ile-Ife and Ogoja were selected for field experiments. Four rates of nitrogen (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg N/ha) as ammonium sulphate [(NH4)2SO4)] were applied to yams grown on ridges for three seasons. Soil physical and chemical investigations revealed that the inherent fertility of the soils which the farmers rely on for yams yield cannot provide sustained productivity. Ammonium sulphate fertilizer at 120 kg N/ha proved adequate for sustaining increased tuber yield of yams at Ile-Ife and Ogoja locations. The fact that the yams were collected in Ile-Ife and planted in Ile-Ife (forest zone) and Ogoja (Savanna zone) did not have any adverse effect on tuber yield and tuber quality in terms of crude protein, starch and glucose contents. These nutrient classes increased proportionately as the N- level increased. High accumulation of mineral nutrients in both the yam flour and the peels were observed for yams grown at Ile-Ife and Ogoja locations. Chemical analysis of the yam flour indicates that with judicious use of N- fertilizer, the nutritional value of the yam flour and peels could be substantially increased in the white yam. It was observed that increasing level of (NH412SO4 resulted in reduction in soil p11 from 6.7 to 5.3 and P from 11.6 to 4.5 ppm in Ogoja whereas it was less felt in Ife. Soil pH was reduced from 6.4 to 6.1 and P from 12.6 to 6.5 ppm in Ife. Statistical analysis showed N- from ammonium sulphate fertilizer highly correlated with yield, protein, starch and glucose.en_US
dc.facultiesAgricultureen_US
dc.format.filetypepdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationAPAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2622
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages201pen_US
dc.publisherObafemi Awolowo Universityen_US
dc.subjectsoil evaluationen_US
dc.subjectwhite yamen_US
dc.subjectfertilityen_US
dc.subjectmineral nutrientsen_US
dc.titleNitrogen Nutrition of White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir) Grown in Two Selected Locations of Southwestern Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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