Effects of different organic manure brewery spent grain and kitchen waste compost on the growth of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth seedlings
| Main Authors: | Akinola, O.O, Kehinde, B.R, Adebisi, R.I |
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| Format: | Article |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1283317 |
Daftar Isi:
- The study examined the comparative study of the effects of the different organic manure brewery spent grain and kitchen waste compost on the growth of Albizia lebbeck. The experiment was carried out within the premises of Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan. Twenty (20) seedlings of Albizia lebbeck were selected and transplanted into polythene pots, one pot served as a control for the experimental setup. The treatments were: T1-2kg of topsoil plus 13.5g of brewery spent grain, T3-2kg of topsoil plus 13.5g of kitchen waste compost, T4- combination of the kitchen waste compost and brewery spent grain with 2kg of topsoil and T2-topsoil only. The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized design (CRD) with four treatments replicate five times each making 20 samples over a period of 12 weeks. Data were collected on the following parameters: plant height (cm), Collar diameter (mm) and Branch production. Data collected were later subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at the 5 % level of probability. The result shows that treatment 3: (kitchen waste compost) had the highest in the parameter assessed in term of plant height, collar diameter with the mean value of 13.85±0.34 (cm) and 2.02±0.01 (mm), while treatment 2: (control) has the least performance in all the parameters assessed plant height, collar diameter and branch production with their means of value of 10.34±0.41(cm), 1.89±0.01(mm) and 5±0.63. In samples T1 and T4 there were no much significant difference among the parameters assessed. It can therefore be concluded that T3 of 2kg of topsoil plus 13.5g of kitchen waste compost had the best positive effect on the growth of Albizia lebbeck seedlings. Base on the result kitchen waste compost can therefore be recommended for the growth and production of Albizia lebbeck at nursery stage.