Saturday, 15 July 2006
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Response of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) to Lime and Phosphorus Fertilizer Treatments on an Acidic Alfisol of Nigeria.

E. A. Akinrinde and M. O Anetor. Agronomy Dept, Univ of Ibadan, Otolowa village, Off Iwo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria

Addition of lime and Phosphorus (P) fertilizers is often required for sustainable crop production on acid mineral soils. We evaluated the effectiveness of lime and P treatments on soybean (Glycine max L.) performance on an acidic Typic Paleustalf soil. Soil samples were incubated (for 7, 14 and 21 days) with 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 t Ca(OH)2 ha-1 to determine the optimum liming rate. In the second experiment, incubation was for similar periods but soil amendments included 15 sole and combined applications of lime (2t ha-1) and P (88kg P ha-1 using Rock Phosphate, RP; Single Super Phosphate, SSP; and Organic Fertilizer, OF) in addition to a control. Eight treatment combinations (Control, Lime, RP, OF, L+ OF, L+ RP, OF+ RP and L+OF+RP) were also applied to two soybean varieties (early maturing TGX 1485-ID and late maturing TGX 1844-18E) grown on 1.0kg soil samples. Treatments were replicated three times in completely randomized design. Liming at the rate of 2.0t ha-1 was optimum, soil pH being 6.1 - 6.6. Soil amendment increased pH to between 5.5 and 7.5 compared with the average of 5.2 for the control. At the end of a 3-week incubation period when the control had become acidic (4.8), slight reductions to between 5.2 and 7.4 were recorded for most of the amended samples. After 5 weeks of growth, TGX 1485-ID plants treated with OF+RP or OF were taller (28.50 and 27.66cm, respectively) than the control (20.03cm) and lime (19.33cm) treated plants. Shoot biomass of TGX 1485-ID was highest (5.66g pot-1) with OM+RP and least (2.86g pot-1) without fertilization, a trend also observed for TGX 1844-18E. Nodulation was at its peak (19) with L+OM+RP while untreated plants were without nodules. It was evident that the P-sources could be as effective as Ca(OH)2 in soil pH correction. Evaluation of residual effects of the treatments should help elucidate their liming and nutrient supply capacity.

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