Low soil fertility is one of the major factors limiting maize production and productiveness in maize growing areas of Ethiopia where fertilizer use is low and no agricultural residues are left to the soil for preserving soil fertility. A field experiment had been conducted in the Adola rede district of the Guji zone to evaluate the effects of integrated FYM and NPS fertilizer application on yield and yield components of maize. Five treatments, i) 7.8 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 20.7/9.2/1.7 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, ii) 6.6 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, iii) 5.4 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 62.1/27.6/5.1 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, iv) 100/46/8.5 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S (Recommended charge of N/P2O5/S) and Control (without fertilizer and FYM application) were applied. The experiment used to be organized in a randomized complete block diagram (RCBD) with three replication. The collected data were subjected to ANOVA Genstat using the 18th edition. Results showed that the mixed application of farmyard manure and NPS fertilizer significantly (P < 0.05) affected plant height, number of ears per plant, and grain yield. Significantly the best grain yield (8873 kg ha-1) and the number of ears per plant (1.5) were recorded from the mixed application of 6.6-ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S). The ear length and thousand seed weight had been now not significantly (P < 0.05) affected through NPS fertilizer and farmyard manure. Soil chemical properties such as pH, OC, Total N, available P, and CEC were increased under the utility of farmyard manure with inorganic fertilizer NPS. In conclusion, combined application of 6.6 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) with 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S can preserve the maize production in the study area and alike agro ecology.
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abstract = {Low soil fertility is one of the major factors limiting maize production and productiveness in maize growing areas of Ethiopia where fertilizer use is low and no agricultural residues are left to the soil for preserving soil fertility. A field experiment had been conducted in the Adola rede district of the Guji zone to evaluate the effects of integrated FYM and NPS fertilizer application on yield and yield components of maize. Five treatments, i) 7.8 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 20.7/9.2/1.7 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, ii) 6.6 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, iii) 5.4 ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 62.1/27.6/5.1 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S, iv) 100/46/8.5 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S (Recommended charge of N/P2O5/S) and Control (without fertilizer and FYM application) were applied. The experiment used to be organized in a randomized complete block diagram (RCBD) with three replication. The collected data were subjected to ANOVA Genstat using the 18th edition. Results showed that the mixed application of farmyard manure and NPS fertilizer significantly (P -1) and the number of ears per plant (1.5) were recorded from the mixed application of 6.6-ton ha-1 farmyard manure (FYM) + 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S). The ear length and thousand seed weight had been now not significantly (P -1 farmyard manure (FYM) with 41.4/18.4/3.4 kg ha-1 N/P2O5/S can preserve the maize production in the study area and alike agro ecology.},
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