Research Article
Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana
Table 2
Soybean growth and development as affected by inoculation and soil amendments in the northern savanna of Ghana.
| Treatment | Plant height | 100 seeds | | (cm) | (g) |
| 2013 | | | | Soybean | 31.9 | 11.5 | 0.34 | Soybean + inoculants | 35.7 | 10.3 | 0.32 | Soybean + inoculants + P, K | 41.2 | 10.8 | 0.39 | Soybean + inoculants + fertisol | 40.9 | 11.8 | 0.36 | Soybean + inoculants + P, K + fertisol | 40.2 | 11.5 | 0.36 | Soybean + inoculants + N, P, K | 39.0 | 11.5 | 0.37 | s.e.d | 3.8 | 0.50 | 0.04 | C.V. (%) | 14.2 | 6.6 | 14.6 | 2015 | | | | Soybean | 39.8 | 9.7 | 0.20 | Soybean + inoculants | 35.5 | 11.0 | 0.21 | Soybean + inoculants + P, K | 42.5 | 11.2 | 0.21 | Soybean + inoculants + fertisol | 48.0 | 11.0 | 0.21 | Soybean + inoculants + P, K + fertisol | 48.8 | 10.8 | 0.21 | Soybean + inoculants + N, P, K | 64.5 | 9.7 | 0.17 | s.e.d. | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | CV (%) | 11.3 | 7.5 | 9.3 |
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