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Effects of biochar and gypsum soil amendments on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) dry matter yield and selected soil properties under water stress

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10681/
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2018.13123
10.5897/AJAR2018.13123
 
Title Effects of biochar and gypsum soil amendments on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) dry matter yield and selected soil properties under water stress
 
Creator Ngulube, M
Mweetwa, A M
Phiri, E
Njoroge, S M C
Chalwe, H
Shitumbanuma, V
Brandenburg, R L
 
Subject Crop Physiology
Soil Fertility
Crop Yield
Groundnut
Water Resources
 
Description The effects of amending soil with gypsum and biochar on groundnut chlorophyll concentration, water use efficiency (WUE), biomass yield and selected soil properties were investigated under water stress. Gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) was applied at 0 and 200 kg/ha, groundnut shell biochar at 1, 2 and 4% w/w of soil, and water at 100, 70 and 40% of daily plant water requirement (PWR) as main, sub and sub-sub plots, respectively, in a split-split-plot design. Biochar neutralized the acid soil, significantly raising soil pH from 5 to 7.15 and increasing cation exchange capacity by 75%. Biochar amended at 1 and 2%, increased groundnut dry matter yield by 28%. The optimum biochar application rate for dry matter yield was 1.4% w/w. Biochar application at 4% and irrigation at 40% of PWR reduced the WUE by 45 and 50%, respectively. Chlorophyll concentration index was highest at 40% of PWR. The results suggest that biochar has potential to raise soil pH, increase moisture retention and improve crop performance. Applying water at 100% PWR can increase groundnut dry matter yields, while higher gypsum application rates may be required to affect crop performance.
 
Publisher Academic Journals
 
Date 2018-05
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10681/1/AfricanJAgriculturalResearch.pdf
Ngulube, M and Mweetwa, A M and Phiri, E and Njoroge, S M C and Chalwe, H and Shitumbanuma, V and Brandenburg, R L (2018) Effects of biochar and gypsum soil amendments on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) dry matter yield and selected soil properties under water stress. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 13 (21). pp. 1080-1090. ISSN 1991-637X