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Linus Ugochukwu Ihenacho1, Judith Chioma Iwuanyanwu2, Churchill Ogbonna Utazi3 and Godwin Obinna Oguzie1
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1. Department of Agricultural Technology, Imo State Polytechnic Omuma, P.M.B. 1472, Owerri 460103, Imo State, Nigeria
2. Department of Agromony, College of Crop Science, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike 440109, Abia State, Nigeria
3. Department of Agric. Ext and Management, Imo State Polytechnic Omuma, P.M.B. 1472, Owerri 460103, Imo State, Nigeria
A field trial on the influence of different organic manures mixed with top soil and white sand on the germination, seedling and early growth of monkey kola (Cola parchycarpa) was conducted at the Green house, Department of Agricultural Technology, Imo State Polytechnic Omuma. The objective was to determine the best organic manure that is appropriate for the germination, seedling and early growth of Cola parchycarpa. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomised design (CRD) replicated four (4) times. The treatments were: top soil and white sand alone (T1) which acted as a control, 10 t/ha pig manure + top soil and white sand (T2), 10 t/ha goat manure + top soil and white sand (T3), and 10 t/ha poultry manure + white sand and top soil (T4). Data were collected on germination percentage, emergence speed at germination while plant height, number of leaves/plants were collected at 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks after planting (WAP). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results showed that T4 (10 t/ha poultry manure + top soil and white sand) gave the highest germination percentage of 68.3%, emergence speed of 80.3%, and influenced the mean plant height to a value of 35.8 cm and the number of leaves 14.7 leaves significantly different from all others. The lowest parameters were recorded for T1 (top soil and white sand alone) throughout the experimental period.
Monkey kola, Cola parchycarpa, organic manure, seedling growth.
Ihenacho, L. U., Iwuanyanwu, J. C., Utazi, C. O. and Oguzie, G. O., 2023. "Germination, Seedling and Early Growth of Monkey Kola (Cola parchycarpa) as Influenced by Different Organic Manures Mixed with Top Soil and White Sand in a Humid Tropical Rainforest Zone" Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 13 (2023): 41-45.
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