Research Article
Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana
Table 3
Maize growth and development as affected by amended soybean rotation fields in the northern savanna of Ghana.
| Treatment | 50% bloom | Stem girth | Cob diameter | 100 seeds | | (d) | (mm) | (g) |
| 2014 | | | | | | Maize after maize | 50 | 16.1 | 40.9 | 23.6 | 0.50 | Maize after non-inoculated soybean | 51 | 13.8 | 39.9 | 22.8 | 0.52 | Maize after inoculated soybean | 51 | 15.0 | 40.4 | 24.3 | 0.58 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K | 48 | 16.6 | 42.2 | 24.1 | 0.52 | Maize after inoculated soybean + fertisol | 48 | 17.4 | 43.2 | 26.6 | 0.54 | Maize after inoculated soybean + N, P, K | 51 | 15.3 | 40.6 | 24.0 | 0.57 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K + fertisol | 44 | 16.2 | 43.1 | 24.9 | 0.52 | s.e.d. | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | C.V. (%) | 4.0 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2016 | | | | | | Maize after maize | 52 | 18.5 | 41.4 | 23.6 | 0.37 | Maize after noninoculated soybean | 51 | 18.3 | 41.1 | 22.8 | 0.45 | Maize after inoculated soybean | 53 | 17.9 | 40.6 | 24.5 | 0.36 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K | 53 | 17.6 | 43.0 | 23.1 | 0.39 | Maize after inoculated soybean + fertisol | 54 | 17.2 | 42.2 | 26.8 | 0.41 | Maize after inoculated soybean + N, P, K | 54 | 18.9 | 42.2 | 25.0 | 0.35 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K + fertisol | 52 | 19.5 | 42.0 | 24.5 | 0.41 | s.e.d. | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | CV (%) | 2.2 | 10.9 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 13.7 |
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