Abstract
An experiment was conducted for a period of 60 (sixty) days during March to May 2003 to study the effect of Rhizobium inoculum and N-fertilizer on bio-mass production in 3 (three) stages (40d, 50d and 60d) of maturity of cowpea plants following a randomized block design (RBD). There were six treatments as: To (uninoculated control), Ti (inoculated), T2 (25 kg N/ha), T3 (inoculated 25 kg N/ha), T4 (35 kg N/ha) and T5 (45 kg N/ha) having three replication in each treatment With the advancement of plant age, yield of cowpea forage on green as well as dry basis increased linearly. The maximum green biomass (265 q/ha) production was attained in treatment T5 at 60 days of plant age against 200 q/h in untreated control (To). Similar trend was observed in total dry matter and organic matter production (P<0.05) at harvest age of 60 days. Crude protein in different treatments raged from 5.39 to 4.74, 4.24 to 6.64 and 4.04 to 6.35 q/ha in 40, 50 and 60 days of plant age respectively. Maximum yield of crude protein attained at 50% flowering stage (50d) of maturity in all treatments. Rhizobium inoculum and/or nitrogen fertilizer application had significant (P<0.01) effect on green matter, DM, OM, and CP yield of cowpea forage. Rhizobium inoculum with or without N-fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer alone significantly (P<0.01) and progressively increased plant height over the control but decreased leaf and stem ratio at all stages of maturity. Inoculum + N fertilizer and N-fertilizer alone with the application of 35 to 45 kg N/ha from urea showed a tendency to enhance rate of branching compared to control (P<0.05).
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea forage green and dry yield increased linearly with age.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Outcome
- yield of cowpea forage on green as well as dry basise0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“With the advancement of plant age, yield of cowpea forage on green as well as dry basis increased linearly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatment T5 at 60 days produced maximum green biomass of 265 q/ha versus 200 q/h in control.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Organ / stage
- 60 days of plant agee0
- Treatment
- T5e0
- Outcome
- green biomasse0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 265 q/hae0
- Qualifier
- 200 q/he0
- Comparator
- untreated control (To)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum green biomass (265 q/ha) production was attained in treatment T5 at 60 days of plant age against 200 q/h in untreated control (To).”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total dry matter production followed the green biomass trend at 60 days.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Organ / stage
- 60 dayse0
- Outcome
- total dry mattere0
- Direction
- Similar trende0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Similar trend was observed in total dry matter and organic matter production (P<0.05) at harvest age of 60 days.”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic matter production followed the green biomass trend at 60 days.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Organ / stage
- 60 dayse0
- Outcome
- organic matter productione0
- Direction
- Similar trende0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Similar trend was observed in total dry matter and organic matter production (P<0.05) at harvest age of 60 days.”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Crude protein yield was greatest at 50% flowering across treatments.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Organ / stage
- 50% flowering stage (50d)e0
- Outcome
- yield of crude proteine0
- Direction
- Maximume0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum yield of crude protein attained at 50% flowering stage (50d) of maturity in all treatments.”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum and/or nitrogen fertilizer significantly affected green matter, dry matter, organic matter and crude protein yields.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- Rhizobium inoculum and/or nitrogen fertilizer applicatione0
- Outcome
- green matter, DM, OM, and CP yielde0
RhizobiumNot reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Rhizobium inoculum and/or nitrogen fertilizer application had significant (P<0.01) effect on green matter, DM, OM, and CP yield of cowpea forage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum with or without fertilizer or nitrogen alone increased plant height relative to control.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- Rhizobium inoculum with or without N-fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer alonee0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Rhizobium inoculum with or without N-fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer alone significantly (P<0.01) and progressively increased plant height over the control but decreased leaf and stem ratio at all stages of maturity.”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Those treatments decreased leaf and stem ratio at all stages.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- Rhizobium inoculum with or without N-fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer alonee0
- Outcome
- leaf and stem ratioe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Rhizobium inoculum with or without N-fertilizer or nitrogen fertilizer alone significantly (P<0.01) and progressively increased plant height over the control but decreased leaf and stem ratio at all stages of maturity.”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum plus fertilizer tended to enhance branching versus control.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- Inoculum + N fertilizere0
- Outcome
- rate of branchinge0
- Direction
- enhancee0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculum + N fertilizer and N-fertilizer alone with the application of 35 to 45 kg N/ha from urea showed a tendency to enhance rate of branching compared to control (P<0.05).”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen fertilizer alone at 35 to 45 kg N/ha tended to enhance branching versus control.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
- Treatment
- N-fertilizer alone with the application of 35 to 45 kg N/ha from ureae0
- Outcome
- rate of branchinge0
- Direction
- enhancee0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculum + N fertilizer and N-fertilizer alone with the application of 35 to 45 kg N/ha from urea showed a tendency to enhance rate of branching compared to control (P<0.05).”
t0“cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)”
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