Abstract: A two-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of nitrogen (0, 30, 60, and 120 kg N ha-1) and phosphorus (0, 30, and 60 kg P2O5 ha-1) application on grain yield and yield components of five New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars, their parents, and a check on a degraded soil in the moist savanna of Nigeria. Nerica 14 recorded the highest grain yield of 1.3 mg ha-1compared to the other NERICA cultivars. It also produced significantly (P < 0.05) longer panicles (19.24 cm), higher sink capacity as determined by thousand-kernel weight (30.3 g), and a higher potential for partitioning photosynthates (45.15%) into grains than the other cultivars. N × P interaction effect on grain yield was significant (P < 0.05) with moderate P (60 kg P2O5 ha-1) and moderate N (60 kg N ha-1) resulting in optimum grain yield (1.7 mg ha-1). Thus, moderate N and P were recommended for the production of NERICA varieties in low-input smallholder upland rice production systems of the moist savanna of Nigeria.
Key words: Moist savanna, NERICA© rice, nitrogen, Oryza sativa, phosphorus, upland.
Okonji, C , Okeleye, K , Oikeh, S , Aderibigbe, S , Nwilene, F , Ajayi, O & Oyekanmi, A (2021). Rice Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Phosphorus and Nitrogen Application Rates in the Moist Savanna of West Africa. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/rice-yield-and-yield-components-as-influenced-by-phosphorus-and-nitrogen-application-rates-in-the-moist-savanna-of-west-africa
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Okonji, Christopher, Kehinde Okeleye , Sylvester Oikeh , Sunday Aderibigbe , Francis Nwilene , Olupomi Ajayi and Akeem Oyekanmi . "Rice Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Phosphorus and Nitrogen Application Rates in the Moist Savanna of West Africa". Afribary, Afribary, 23 Feb. 2021. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/rice-yield-and-yield-components-as-influenced-by-phosphorus-and-nitrogen-application-rates-in-the-moist-savanna-of-west-africa >.
Okonji, Christopher , Okeleye, Kehinde , Oikeh, Sylvester , Aderibigbe, Sunday , Nwilene, Francis , Ajayi, Olupomi and Oyekanmi, Akeem . "Rice Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Phosphorus and Nitrogen Application Rates in the Moist Savanna of West Africa" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 26, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/rice-yield-and-yield-components-as-influenced-by-phosphorus-and-nitrogen-application-rates-in-the-moist-savanna-of-west-africa