Abstract
Sweet potato production is affected with different problems related to incidence of insect pests and diseases, and erratic climatic conditions which hamper the production by 41.33 to 42.22 percent, respectively. Thus, this study which was conducted aimed to determine the effects of soil solarization and micro-fertigation technique on the yield performance of sweet potato; determine the effect of nutrient management under micro-fertigation technique and evaluate the profitability of sweet potato production as influenced by soil solarization and micro-fertigation technique. This was laid out in split plot arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) adopting three replications with two mainplots and four subplots. The main plot was designated as M1 – with solarization and M2 – without solarization while subplot treatments were designated as follows: S0 – no fertilizer application (control); S1 – conventional application of inorganic fertilizer; S2 – application of inorganic fertilizer through micro-fertigation and S3 - application of Aloe vera bio-organic liquid fertilizer through micro-fertigation. Soil solarization controlled weed population and produced higher total root yield of sweet poptato. Adoption of micro-fertigation technique increased root yield and produced larger and less-damaged roots. Morever, the application of aloe vera as bio-organic fertilizer enhanced higher root productivity and contributed lesser reduction of root yield caused by pests and diseases. Thereby, soil solarization with aloe vera application under micro-fertigation technique was the best option for sweet potato production to enhance root productivity, income and protection of plants from pest and disease damage especially in areas with unstable climatic conditions.
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Soil solarization controlled weeds.
- Taxon
- sweet potato
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Treatment
- Soil solarizatione0
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- weede0weed
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- weed populatione0
- Direction
- controllede0
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e0“Soil solarization controlled weed population”
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Solarization increased total root yield.
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e0“Soil solarization controlled weed population and produced higher total root yield of sweet poptato”
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Micro-fertigation increased root yield.
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- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- micro-fertigation techniquee0
- Outcome
- root yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Adoption of micro-fertigation technique increased root yield and produced larger and less-damaged roots”
t0“sweetpotato”
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Micro-fertigation produced larger roots.
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- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- micro-fertigation techniquee0
- Outcome
- rootse0
- Direction
- largere0
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e0“Adoption of micro-fertigation technique increased root yield and produced larger and less-damaged roots”
t0“sweetpotato”
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Micro-fertigation produced less damaged roots.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- micro-fertigation techniquee0
- Outcome
- damaged rootse0
- Direction
- less-damagede0
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e0“Adoption of micro-fertigation technique increased root yield and produced larger and less-damaged roots”
t0“sweetpotato”
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Aloe vera bio-organic fertilizer raised root productivity.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- application of aloe vera as bio-organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- root productivitye0
- Direction
- highere0
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e0“the application of aloe vera as bio-organic fertilizer enhanced higher root productivity”
t0“sweetpotato”
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Aloe vera bio-organic fertilizer reduced pest- and disease-related root yield loss.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- application of aloe vera as bio-organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- reduction of root yield caused by pests and diseasese0
- Direction
- lesser reductione0
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e0“the application of aloe vera as bio-organic fertilizer enhanced higher root productivity and contributed lesser reduction of root yield caused by pests and diseases”
t0“sweetpotato”
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The authors recommend solarization plus aloe vera under micro-fertigation for sweet potato production, income and protection.
- Taxon
- sweet potatoIpomoea batatase0
- Treatment
- soil solarization with aloe vera application under micro-fertigation techniquee0
- Outcome
- best option for sweet potato productione0
- Qualifier
- especially in areas with unstable climatic conditionse0
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e0“soil solarization with aloe vera application under micro-fertigation technique was the best option for sweet potato production to enhance root productivity, income and protection of plants from pest and disease damage especially in areas with unstable climatic conditions”
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