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Impact of cow and poultry manures on seed yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in sandy regosol

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dc.contributor.author Viharnaa, S.
dc.contributor.author Seran, T. H.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-12T05:05:42Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-12T05:05:42Z
dc.date.issued 2012-03-28
dc.identifier.citation Empowering regional development through science and technology,First Annual Science Research Session -2012 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 9789556270273
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2554
dc.description.abstract A field experiment was carried out in the Eastern region of Sri Lanka to feasibility evaluate the effect of cow and poultry manures as a basal application on seed yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in sandy regosol. It was experimented in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with seven treatments and three replicates. They included inorganic (control) and organic (cow and poultry manures at the different ratios: 5:0, 4: 1, 3:2, 2:3, and 0:5 w/w) fertilizer applications. Air dried organic manures were applied two weeks before planting and other agronomic practices were done as recommended. The results revealed that the number of mature fruits per plant, number of seeds per mature fruit, oven dried weight of mature fruit per plant, air and oven dried weights of seeds per mature fruit increased by 45.86%, 29.22%, 62.33%, 1 1.29%, 34.9%, and 34.58% respectively 3:2 ratio of cow and poultry manures when compared to the control treatment. The same exhibited significantly (P<0.05) higher seed yield (0.85 kg/plot, plot size was 7.2 m2) than other tested treatments. The combined use of cow and poultry manures at 3:2 ratio therefore, could be used to substitute the inorganic basal fertilizer application for seed production of okra in sandy regosol. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Applied Science,South Eastern University of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Abelmoschus esculentus en_US
dc.subject Organic manures en_US
dc.subject Seed production en_US
dc.title Impact of cow and poultry manures on seed yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in sandy regosol en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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