Soil properties and performance of celosia (Celosia Argentea) as affected by compost made with Trichoderma asperellum

Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE; Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE; Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİELADEWOYİN; Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA; David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ; Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

doi:10.18393/ejss.880541

Soil properties and performance of celosia (Celosia Argentea) as affected by compost made with Trichoderma asperellum

Authors : Adenike Fisayo KOMOLAFE, Christianah Olubunmi KAYODE, Dorcas Tinuke EZEKİELADEWOYİN, Olufemi Emmanuel AYANFEOLUWA, David Ogundeji OGUNLETİ, Aderemi Isaiah MAKİNDE

Pages : 199-206

Doi:10.18393/ejss.880541

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Publication Date : 2021-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study evaluated the effect of two plant materials insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Panicum maximum and Tridax procumbens); composted with cow dung, with or without Trichoderma asperellum inoculation on soil properties and yield of celosia in 2014 and 2015. The treatments were tridax-based compost without Trichoderma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TBC);, tridax-based compost with Trichoderma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TTBC);, panicum-based compost without Trichoderma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PBC);, panicum-based compost with Trichoderma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TPBC); and control insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(no compost);. All compost were applied at 240 kgN/ha. The design was RCBD with three replicates and data analyzed using ANOVA at α0.05. Results showed that compost enhanced growth, nutrient uptake and yield of celosia. In 2014, highest fresh weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(57.09 t/ha); was obtained from plant treated with TPBC, which compared favourably with TTBC TTBC insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(57.00 t/ha); but significantly higher than TBC insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(43.85 t/ha); and PBC insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(47.32 t/ha); while control gave the least significant value insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(20 t/ha);. A similar trend was obtained in 2015. This infers that plants that received inoculated compost gave better yield compared to uninoculated compost. Post-cropping soil chemical analysis revealed that compost improved soil N, P, K and organic C. This shows that Trichoderma inoculated compost could be better than the uninoculated compost for celosia production in an Alfisol.
Keywords : Accelerated compost, Celosia, Soil chemical properties, Trichoderma asperellum

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