Variations in soil chemical properties and growth traits of tissue culture banana under bio-slurry soil amendments in Uganda

Organic bio-slurry soil amendments’ effect on soil chemical properties and the growth traits of tissue culture banana (TCB) were studied from 2017 to 2020 at Uganda Martyrs University Farm. Mpologoma and Kibuzi banana cultivars of the AAB East Africa Highland cultivar were treated with NPK fertilize...

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Published in:Environmental Sustainability 2023-09, Vol.6 (3), p.341-357
Main Authors: Flarian, Murongo Marius, Frederick, Ayuke O., Samuel, Apori Obeng, John, Wangai K., Cosmas, Wacal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Bananas
Cattle
Cattle manure
Chemical properties
Climate Change
Clusters
Compound fertilizers
Cultivars
Dung
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental health
Environmental Management
Fertilizers
Fruits
Leaves
Natural Resources
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Organic matter
Organic soils
Original Article
Plant growth
Potassium
Precipitation
Productivity
Rain
Slurries
Soil amendment
Soil analysis
Soil chemistry
Soil depth
Soil fertility
Soil properties
Soil sampling
Sustainable Development
Tissue culture
Variation
Weight
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Summary:Organic bio-slurry soil amendments’ effect on soil chemical properties and the growth traits of tissue culture banana (TCB) were studied from 2017 to 2020 at Uganda Martyrs University Farm. Mpologoma and Kibuzi banana cultivars of the AAB East Africa Highland cultivar were treated with NPK fertilizer and two bio-slurries at different rates. Treatments included the control (CNTRL), 3810 L/ha banana bio-slurry (BBS1), 7620 L/ha banana bio-slurry (BBS2), 11,430 L/ha banana bio-slurry (BBS3), 3810 L/ha cow dung bio-slurry (CDBS1), 7620 L/ha cow dung bio-slurry (CDBS2), 11,430 L/ha cow dung bio-slurry (CDBS3) and 300 kg/ha NPK. The soil was analyzed for variations in pH, nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K) and organic matter (OM) at different depths. The growth parameters of TCB were recorded months after planting (MAP). Soil amended with 11,430 L/ha bio-slurry had high potassium, nitrogen, and organic matter contents for the three soil sampling depths (0–8, 8–16, 16–32 cm), and soils amended with CDBS had higher K, N and OM contents than those amended with BBS. The Soils amended with CDBS3 recorded the maximum pseudostem girth and the number of suckers for both cultivars. Soils amended with BBS3 recorded the highest total number of leaves for the Mpologoma cultivar. The interaction effect of the bio-slurry on the variation of stem girth and height, the number of suckers, and the total number of leaves at 12 MAP for Mpologoma and Kibuzi cultivars was significant (p 
ISSN:2523-8922
2523-8922
DOI:10.1007/s42398-023-00274-9