Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the Demonstration
Farm, College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of
Science and Technology, Shambat during the season 2012/13,
to investigate the effect of different types of fertilizers on
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growth and yield of soybean (Clycine max L Merril). The
experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block
Design (RCBD) with four replications. The soybean genotype
used was (1905 E). The fertilizers treatments consisted of four
types of fertilizers: Urea 46% N (180 kg/ha), Compost (2.5
ton/ha), Chicken manure (2.5 ton/ha), Jatropha seeds cake (2.5
ton/ha), untreated Control was used as comparison between
plant treatments.
Parameters studied included: plant growth (plant height,
number of leaves per plant, stem diameters and number of
branches). yield components (plant weight, number of pods
per plant, pods weight per plant(g), number of seeds per pod,
number of seeds per plant, seeds weight per plant(g), 100 seeds
weight(g), seeds production (kg/ha) and harvest index%).
The results showed that chicken manure fertilizer had
significant effect on stem diameter, number of branches, Plant
height at 45, 60, 75 days after sowing and on number of leaves
at 60, 75 days after sowing. The results showed that Jatropha
seeds cake fertilizer had significant different on plant weight as
compared to the control. Chicken manure fertilizer had
significant different on number of pods per plant and seeds
weight per plant as compared to the control. The results showed
that nitrogen fertilizer had a significant difference on number of
seeds per pod as compared to the control. There were no
significant difference among fertilizers treatments on pods
weight per plant, number of seeds per plant, 100 seeds weight,
seeds production and harvest index%.
