ABSTRACT
Plastic waste material continues to present environmental challenges throughout the world. Of greatest concern is their disposal in agricultural soils where they interfere with soil fertility due to its inability to decompose fast. Specifically, the research examined under experimental conditions the crop germinative emergence of (Zea mays L.) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) as affected by plastic waste material commonly disposed in urban and rural environments of Kenya. The plastic types were identified by their thickness, that is, thin (6 microns) and thick (30 microns). The experiment was laid out in a 2 by 2 Randomized Block Design (Latin Square) with three replicates in plots each measuring 1m x 1m. The data collected involved determination of emergence percent cover. The date of planting was noted and records were taken from the day first shoot emergence was observed in controls for 10 days. Percent emergence measurements was done for at least 10 days and this involved taking of vertical photographs of each plot from the day first shoot emergence was observed in controls. Assumptions of normality were found to be satisfactory and the set hypotheses were supported by the results. There were significant differences (P
KAGENDO, N (2021). Crop Germinative Emergence Of Maize (Zea Mays) And Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana) As Affected By Plastic Waste Material. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/crop-germinative-emergence-of-maize-zea-mays-and-finger-millet-eleusine-coracana-as-affected-by-plastic-waste-material
KAGENDO, NJIRU "Crop Germinative Emergence Of Maize (Zea Mays) And Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana) As Affected By Plastic Waste Material" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/crop-germinative-emergence-of-maize-zea-mays-and-finger-millet-eleusine-coracana-as-affected-by-plastic-waste-material. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
KAGENDO, NJIRU . "Crop Germinative Emergence Of Maize (Zea Mays) And Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana) As Affected By Plastic Waste Material". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/crop-germinative-emergence-of-maize-zea-mays-and-finger-millet-eleusine-coracana-as-affected-by-plastic-waste-material >.
KAGENDO, NJIRU . "Crop Germinative Emergence Of Maize (Zea Mays) And Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana) As Affected By Plastic Waste Material" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 25, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/crop-germinative-emergence-of-maize-zea-mays-and-finger-millet-eleusine-coracana-as-affected-by-plastic-waste-material