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Beesigamukama, Dennis |
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Tumuhairwe, John Baptist |
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Muoma, John |
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Maingi, John M. |
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Ombori, Omwoyo |
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Mukaminega, Dative |
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Nakanwagi, Josephine |
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Amoding, Alice |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-11-02T06:33:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2018-11-02T06:33:23Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2465-7522 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12283/135 |
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dc.description |
Research paper |
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dc.description.abstract |
A study was carried out to hasten maturity, improve nutrient content and determine agronomic performance of water hyacinth-based composts. Water hyacinth (WH) was composted using pile method and six treatments: WH + cattle manure (WH+CM), WH + poultry manure (WH+PM), WH + effective microorganisms, WH + molasses at 25% total sugar content, WH + molasses at 50% total sugar content and WH composted singly. Macro nutrients, C/N ratio, mineral nitrogen, temperature and pH were monitored. The composts obtained were applied at rates of 3 and 6 t ha-1 using maize (LONGE 4) as test crop. All compost treatments reached maturity after 6 weeks and the highest total contents of 2.2%, 1.3% and 1.5% of N, P and K respectively were determined in WH+PM. Grain yields of 6.8 t ha-1 harvested in (WH+CM) applied at 6 t ha-1 and 6.5 t ha-1 harvested in (WH+PM) applied at 3 t ha-1 were statistically similar, and the highest in the experiment. Co-composting with poultry manure shortened maturity period and improved nutrient concentrations of mature compost. Highest grain yield was obtained at 6 t ha-1 but (WH+PM) compost applied at 3 t ha-1 was the most effective. |
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Department of Crop Production and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Busitema University, P.O. Box 203, Soroti, Uganda
Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kakamega, Kenya.
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, Kenyatta University, Narobi Kenya.
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Kigali, Rwanda. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology;Vol. 4 (3), pp. 52-63, |
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dc.subject |
Delayed compost maturity |
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dc.subject |
Maize yield |
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dc.subject |
Nutrient losses |
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dc.subject |
Pile composting |
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Water hyacinth |
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dc.title |
Improving Water Hyacinth-Based Compost for Crop Production |
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Article |
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