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

= harvest index.