Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) grain yield and yield components as influenced by phosphorus application and variety in Western Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWafula, Wekha N.
dc.contributor.authorNicholas, Korir K.
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Ojulong F.
dc.contributor.authorSiambi, Moses
dc.contributor.authorGweyi-Onyango, Joseph P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-20T10:13:23Z
dc.date.available2017-03-20T10:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractFinger millet is one of the potential cereal crops that can contribute to the efforts of realization of food security in the Sub-Saharan Africa. However, scientific information available with regards to improving soil phosphorus supply and identification of P efficient varieties for the crops potential yield is limited. In order to investigate the effects of P levels on yield components and grain yield On-station field experiments were conducted in two sites of western Kenya during the long and short rain seasons of 2015. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design in factorial arrangement with four levels of P (0, 12.5, 25 and 37.5 kg P2O5 ha-1 and three finger millet varieties (U-15, P-224 and a local check-Ikhulule) and the treatments replicated three times. The increase of phosphorus levels significantly (P≤0.05) increased the grain yield over the control up to 25 kg P2O5 ha-1 during the long rain seasons and 25 kg P2O5 ha-1 during the short rain seasons in both sites. Interactions at P≤0.05 were revealed on the grain yield where improved variety P-224 at 25 kg P2O5 ha-1 produced the highest grain yield of 4.74 t.ha-1 in Alupe and 4.77 t.ha-1 in Kakamega and the consistent results suggest that the combination is highly recommended. Therefore the use of judicious and proper rates of P fertilizers can markedly increase the grain yield of finger millet in western Kenyaen_US
dc.identifier.citationWafula WN, Nicholas KK, Henry OF, Siambi M & Gweyi-Onyango JP (2016) Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) grain yield and yield components as influenced by phosphorus application and variety in Western Kenya. Tropical Plant Research 3(3): 673–680en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349 – 1183
dc.identifier.issn2349 – 9265
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tropicalplantresearch.com/archives/2016/vol3issue3/088.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/15451
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Tropical Plant Researchen_US
dc.subjectFinger milleten_US
dc.subjectPotential cerealen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectPhosphorus supplyen_US
dc.subjectJudiciousen_US
dc.titleFinger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) grain yield and yield components as influenced by phosphorus application and variety in Western Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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