Influence Of Different Types Of Organic Manure On Yield And Nutrient Content Of Fluted Pumkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F)

Abstract

A study on the influence of different types of organic manure on yield and mineral composition of Telfairia occidentalis was carried out at the teaching and research farm of Imo State University, Owerri using each of 21.25 ton/ha of pigs slurry, cow dung and poultry manure. The experiment was laid out in completely randomised block design and treatments were replicated four times. The yield parameters used were number of leaves per plant, fresh weight of the leaves per plant, fruit yield and mineral content of the leaves. The control experiment had no organic manure treatment. Result shows that application of poultry manure increased fruit yield, the leaf yield and nitrogen content of the leaves significantly (p=0.05). Poultry manure gave the best result followed by pig slurry while plants without any treatment gave the least yield and mineral composition.

Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences Vol. 3 (2) 2005 pp. 93-100