Issues
Latest Updates
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Submissions open
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
"Submissions Open For Vol. 14,Issue 6, May - June, 2026"
Successfully Published
Volumes / Issues
Mail your paper at E-mail:
IJAIR NAAS Score : 3.99 (2016 - 2020)
submit2ijair@yahoo.in , submit@ijair.org
Journals Published by TimeLine Publication Pvt. Ltd.
IJECCE , IJEIR , IJAIR,
IJAIM , IJRAS , IJISM ,
IJIRES , IJASM , IJRIES,IJAHVS
https://timelinepublication.com/
Effect of Compost and Phosphorus Application On Growth, Yield and P-Uptake of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) On Vertisol, Central Highland of Ethiopia
- Edom Kebkab; Dr. Nigussie Dechassa; Dr. Wakene Negassa
- Durum wheat is among the most important crops produced in the central highlands of Ethiopia. However, declining soil fertility as well as poor soil fertility management practices have been resulting in low yields of the crop. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of compost and phosphorus application on growth, yield and P-uptake of durum wheat in vertisol of Debrezeit Agricultural Research Centre during the 2011 main cropping season. An experiment with a factorial combination of six levels of phosphorus (0, 46, 69, 92, 115 and 138 kg P2O5/ha) and three levels of compost (0, 10 and 20 tonnes/ha) were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The sources of N and P were Urea and Triple Super Phosphate, respectively. A durum wheat variety known as Ude was used for the study. The main effect due to compost rates highly significantly influenced most of the agronomic parameters and significantly affected days to physiological maturity and grain protein content. Moreover, the interaction effect of phosphorus and compost highly significantly affected tiller number, spike length, harvest index and grain protein content and significantly influenced plant height, number of grains per spike, grain yield, straw yield and biomass yield. However, the main effect of phosphorus had no significant influence on all parameters studied except days to physiological maturity. Application of compost at the rate of 20 tonnes/ha resulted in the highest number of fertile spike (273.9/m2), thousand kernel weight (37.89gm) and grain protein content (10.36%). Similarly, the highest plant height (73cm), spike length (4.917cm), number of tillers plant-1 (3.767), number of grains per spike (41.69), grain yield (2922 kg/ha), straw yield (4290 kg/ha), biomass yield (7212 kg/ha) and harvest index (40.52%) were obtained from combined application of 20 tonnes/ha compost and 138 kg P2O5/ha The grain and straw P concentrations as well as uptake of the nutrient increased with increased application of compost and phosphorus. Most of the agronomic parameters had positive and significant linear associations among each other. The overall result of the experiment revealed that application of phosphorus alone did not affect most of the parameters studied. However, sole application of compost as well as combined application of phosphorus with compost resulted in the production of maximum yield and yield components of wheat. It could, thus, be concluded that applying compost in combination with mineral phosphorus fertilizer resulted in a synergistic effect that led to markedly enhanced production of biomass as well as grain yield of the crop
- Select Volume / Issue:
- Year:
- 2017
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Keywords:
- Compost; Durum Wheat; Phosphorus Uptake and Phosphorus Concentration; P2O5 Di Phosphorus Penta Oxide; Ha Hectar
- Journal:
- IJAIR
- Volume:
- 5
- Number:
- 4
- Pages:
- 590-596
- Month:
- January
- ISSN:
- 2319-1473
Indexed By:
