Hamma Idi Lakun
Department of Agricultural Technology, Samaru College of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zar, Nigeria
Publications
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Research Article
Effects of Farmyard Manure and Integrated Weed Management on Okra Growth Parameters (Abelmoschus Esculentus (L.) Moench) at Dadinkowa
Author(s): Hamma Idi Lakun, Aliyu Bawuro Mustapha*, Mohammed Sani Saidu and Abdu Abdullahi Sajo
Field trials were conducted during 2011 and 2012 cropping seasons at the Teaching and Research Farm of Federal College of Horticulture Dadinkowa in Sudan savanna agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. The objectives of the trial were; to determine the effects of farmyard manure and integrated weed management on okra growth. The treatments were laid out in a split-plot design with farmyard manure rates occupying the main plots; while integrated weed management rates were allocated to the sub-plots and replicated three times. Farmyard manure was applied to affected plots a week before sowing okra, while pendimethalin 500 EC was applied pre-emergence at the rate of 2.5 kg a.i. ha-1 immediately after sowing. Results revealed that the effects of farmyard manure and integrated weed management were significant on plant height (P≤5%), number of leaves plant-1, number of branches plant-1 and leaf.. Read More»