TY - EJOUR
AU - Osadebe, Vivian Ogechi
AU - Igwe, Jennifer Chinyere
AU - Amuji, Chinedu Felix
AU - Dauda, Nathaniel
AU - Ede, Amos Ejike
PY - 2024
DA - May
TI - Effect of organic waste as fertilizers and weed management practices on the growth and yield of tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) in a derived savannah humid environment
T2 - International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture
L1 - https://oiccpress.com/international-journal-of-recycling-of-organic-waste-in-agriculture/article/effect-of-organic-waste-as-fertilizers-and-weed-management-practices-on-the-growth-and-yield-of-tomato-solanum-lycopersicum-l-in-a-derived-savan-nah-humid-environment/
DO - 10.57647/ijrowa- hf9y-xc11
N2 - Purpose: To understand the effect of organic wastes as fertilizer and weed management on the growth and fruit yield of tomatoes to recommend the best organic waste fertilizer and weed management practices for the production of this crop in a derived savannah agro-ecology zone of Nigeria. Method: The experiment was conducted in Nsukka, Nigeria where the climate is characterized by mean annual rainfall of about 1600mm, with a bimodal distribution pattern that peaks in July and October. The mean minimum and maximum temperatures are 21˚C and 31˚C, respectively. The relative humidity varies yearly, often in the range of 55-90%. The treatment is comprised of organic animal wastes as manure types which include: 20 t/ha of poultry manure, 20 t/ha of Pig dung, zero manure application(control), and 5 weed management practices: sawdust cover (17,000 tons/ha), rice husk mulch (23,000 tons/ha), black polyethylene mulch, hoe weeding, and weedy check. The treatment was laid out in a 3 x 5 factorial arrangement in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Results: Among the mulch materials used, rice husk plots consistently recorded the highest tomato fruit yield per hectare (34, 222.0 tons/ha). On the organic wastes, the pig dung treatment performed better than others used, the yield recorded per hectare was (15,533.0 tons/ha) for the tomatoes. Conclusion: The research found out that the use of pig dung should be adopted as well as the use of rice husk mulch on the soil surface as weed management practices to improve yield of tomatoes.     Highlights:     ·       Organic wastes as fertilizers and some others as weed management practices had significantly positive performance effects on the growth and yield of tomatoes.   ·       In all the organic wastes used as manure, pig dung treatments produced plants with the best-improved growth and produced more fruit yields for the tomatoes.   ·       The use of rice husk as soil cover in the experiment enhanced growth, suppressed more weeds, and also produced more yield of tomatoes compared to other management practices studied.  
PB - OICC Press
KW - Organic fertilizers, Solanum lycopersicum, Fruit yields, Plant growths 
EN -