Effects of Fish Pond Effluent and Inorganic Fertilizer on Amaranthus Yield and Soil Chemical Properties in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria

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“…Application of farmyard manure along + NPK (N 3 ) had significantly influenced the vegetative growth of fodder cowpea in terms of number of leaves per plant (20.73), leaf Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of.... Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of.... length (25.13 cm) and leaf width (20.73) followed by application of NPK alone (N 4 ). Domestic sewage water can be used as a fertilizer or soil amendment which in turn has the ability to improve growth rate of crops (Ojobor and Tobih 2015). The present study had the similar findings and may corroborated to the fact that the availability of nutrients in domestic sewage water would have enhanced the nutrients available in the soil and hence the availability of nutrients to the plants to improve growth parameters.…”

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Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of Irrigation and Nutrients

Vennila

2024

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Background: Fodder cowpea is an important leguminous, short duration, warm season crop widely cultivated. Though India ranks first in livestock population, the productivity is found lesser than the world average due to deficiency in availability of green fodders. As fresh water application usage is increasing for the cultivation of field crops and high value crops, fodder crops are found negligible crops but responds well to water and nutrients. Leaf area index is one of the determinative parameters for the increased yield, an attempt was made to determine the relationship between the growth and yield of fodder cowpea with the application of domestic sewage water and nutrients. Methods: studies were conducted during 2019 and 2020 to study the relationship between different sources of irrigation water and nutrients on the growth and yield of fodder cowpea. Treatments in main plot consists of irrigation with water using well water (I1), domestic sewage water (I2) and well water and domestic sewage water alternatively (I3). Treatments in sub plot consists of no nutrient (N1), Farm Yard manure alone (N2), Farm Yard manure + NPK (N3) and NPK alone (N4), in split plot design and replicated thrice. The leaf constant was determined graphically plotted in regression and used for calculation of leaf area. The relationship between leaf area index and the growth and yield parameters of fodder cowpea were determined. Result: Our investigation concluded that the application of domestic sewage water along with farmyard manure + NPK significantly increased plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area and leaf area index of fodder cowpea. The data also reveals that leaf area index correlated positively with plant height, number of leaves per plant, biomass per plant and yield of fodder cowpea.

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Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of Irrigation and Nutrients

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2024

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“…Domestic wastewater was traditionally used as a fertilizer in agriculture or as soil conditioner, and pond effluent has been used to improve the growth rate and quality of crops (Wood et al 2001;Naddafi et al 2005;Ojobor and Tobih 2015). This present study investigated the effects of artificial pond wastewater (APWW)-treated soil on the growth and biochemical indices of cowpea seedlings.…”

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“…The report of FAO (2014) has also shown that the residue that settles in fish ponds as silt are rich in nutrient and, therefore, wastewater from fish pond is a useful organic fertilizer for crop cultivation. In a like manner, fish pond effluent had been applied in the cultivation of crops such as French beans (Meso et al 2007), amaranthus (Ojobor and Tobih 2015), pineapple and garden egg . Literature search indicates dearth of information in this regard.…”

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Growth and metabolic activities of cowpea seedlings exposed to artificial pond wastewater-treated soil

Achuba

Oshiokpu

2019

Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult

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Purpose The increase in demand for fish has necessitated the establishment of fish pond. The discharge of spent pond water pollutes the adjoining surroundings. The aim of this investigation was to determine the suitability of artificial pond wastewater (APWW) as source of manure for crop cultivation. Method Cowpea seeds were planted in polybags containing soil treated with varied amount of artificial pond wastewater. Thereafter, growth and various metabolic properties of cowpea seedlings were determined using standard procedures. Results Artificial pond wastewater treatment of soil increased significantly (P < 0.05) the growth parameters, content of biomolecules and activities of alpha amylase, starch phosphorylase and peroxidase when compared to the control. Exposure of the seedlings to APWW did not alter most oxidative stress markers compared to the control. In addition, APWW in soil significantly (P < 0.05) increases the levels of vitamin C but had no alterations in the activities of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and sulphite oxidase (SO) of the cowpea seedlings compared to those of the controls. The activities of aldehyde oxidase (AO) and xanthine oxidase (XO) significantly (P < 0.05) increased compared with the control. Conclusion The major effects of APWW on plants were stimulation of growth parameters, increase in concentration of macromolecules as well as increase in activities of starch-metabolizing enzymes, and peroxidase activity with no adverse effect on antioxidant, respiratory and drug-metabolizing enzymes, thus, suggesting that artificial pond wastewater has positive effect on cowpea seedlings and can act as organic fertilizer for cowpea cultivation.

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“…The experiment reported here set out to test the efficacy of aquaculture effluent as a fertiliser in a Martian simulant and a Martian analogue. The viability of freshwater aquaculture effluent as fertiliser has been demonstrated for a wide variety of food crops grown in terrestrial soils, including wheat (Al-Jaloud et al,, 1993), barley (Hussain and Al-Jaloud, 1998;Stevenson et al, 2010), maize (Abdul-Rahman et al, 2011;Osaigbovo et al, 2010), sorghum (Kolozsvári et al, 2022), soybean (Abdelraouf, 2017), amaranth (Ojobor and Tobih, 2015), potato (Abdelraouf, 2017), common bean (Meso et al, 2014), tomato (Castro et al, 2006;Pattillo et al, 2020), pepper (Omotade et al, 2019;Palada et al, 2019), chicory (Lenz et al, 2021a), cabbage (Elsbaay and Darwesh, 2022), lettuce (Lenz et al, 2021b), radish (Abdul-Rahman et al, 2011, cucumber (Ndubuisi, 2019), onion (Abdelraouf et al, 2016;Abdelraouf, 2017), basil (Omeir et al, 2020), marjoram (Kimera et al, 2021a) and oregano (Kimera et al, 2021b). This paper discusses a small pilot/proof of concept study, to ascertain whether aquaponic fish effluent could be used in sterile regoliths to produce vegetables.…”

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Feeding Mars: A pilot study growing vegetables using aquaponic effluent fertiliser in simulant and analogue Martian regoliths

Kotzen,

Paradelo,

Fruscella

2024

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The Feeding Mars study was devised as a small, pilot proof of concept study to research the potential for using aquaponic effluents as an additive to regoliths which on Mars and the Moon are devoid of organic material and thus lacking microbes which assist in the delivery of water and nutrients to the plants via their roots. This research investigates aquaponics as a way to potentially produce fish and vegetal products in regoliths on Mars and the Moon as well as in extreme environments on Earth. In order to settle on Mars, settlers will have to grow their own food in systems that are self-perpetuating, with little or no inputs being brought from Earth once these systems have been established. This means that nutrients from the fish water can be used to grow plants in the hydroponic parts of the aquaponic system but also potentially in the Martian regoliths which are treated with effluents taken from aquaponic systems. Once production is established additional nutrients can be sourced from the arisings and waste, both from the fish (that are processed and eaten) and the plants, which can be used as compost to turn the regoliths into soil. In order to have fish in space, there is also the need for the systems to be self-sustaining in the production of fish feed. The key outcomes of the project were that all the species grown (potatoes, tomatoes, dwarf beans, carrots, lettuce, spring onions, chives and basil) indicate the potential to be grown in regoliths with the addition of aquaponic effluents. A significant result was that on the whole the plants that were grown with the addition of aquaponic effluents were greener than those grown in the horticultural soil, indicating that the nutrient supply was adequate. However, a key lesson learned is that germination and thus development of the plants grown in the Mars simulant and analogue was slower than those grown in the horticultural soil. Thus, developing nutrients in the soil before planting is necessary as it is with agriculture and horticulture practices on Earth, where manuring/fertilization occurs before planting. The consequence of this research, and the envisaged research to follow is not only for extra-terrestrial environments. The Earth has its own hostile environments, characterised with regoliths and other unproductive soils, and aquaponic water and aquaponic wastes can readily be envisaged as providing solutions to growing nutritious food in areas where agriculture is not currently viable. The research was undertaken in an exhibition gallery setting at the University of Greenwich in order to encourage public interest and dialogue, which it did.

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Effects of Fish Pond Effluent and Inorganic Fertilizer on Amaranthus Yield and Soil Chemical Properties in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria

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Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of Irrigation and Nutrients

Assessment of Leaf Area Index and its Relationship with Growth and Yield of Fodder Cowpea as Influenced by Sources of Irrigation and Nutrients

Growth and metabolic activities of cowpea seedlings exposed to artificial pond wastewater-treated soil

Feeding Mars: A pilot study growing vegetables using aquaponic effluent fertiliser in simulant and analogue Martian regoliths

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