Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edible<i>Amaranthus tricolor lines</i>in Okinawa, Japan

Ohshiro, M.; Hossain, Md. Amzad; Nakamura, Ichiro; Akamine, Hikaru; Tamaki, Masanobu; Bhowmik, Pradip K.; Nose, Akihiro

doi:10.1080/1343943x.2015.1128087

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“…The soil physical and chemical characteristics of the sampling locations also affected the mineral nutrients and the proximate contents in leaves of G. latifolium. This result is in line with the work Ohshiro et al (2016) that the contents of elements such as Na, K, and Ca in amaranth plants were higher when cultivated in soils with higher levels of available minerals-Na, K and Ca. Nutrient availability, absorption, and plant growth differ significantly with the physical, chemical, and biological factors of soil (Donald and Katherine, 1999).…”

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Development Indices of Gongronema latifolium Benth Domesticated in Otuoke Terrestrial Habitat, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Mbosowo

Samuel

2018

ESJ

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The effects of physico-chemical properties of two soil sampling locations on the proximate and mineral nutrients contents of Gongronema latifolium Benth were examined in Otuoke secondary forest habitat, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Leaf samples of Gongronema latifolium and soil (0-20 cm depth) samples were randomly collected from two sites in the study area. Three replicates were maintained for each treatment using randomized complete block design. The pH of 5.10 was recorded at location 1 while that of location 2 was 5.00. The contents of calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, iron, copper and zinc were higher in leaves of G. latifolium at location 1 than those of location 2, while the content of potassium was higher in leaves of G. latifolium at location 2 than those of location 1. The moisture, protein, lipid and fibre contents in leaves of G. latifolium were higher at location 1 than those of location 2, while the contents of ash and carbohydrate in leaves of G. latifolium were higher at location 2 than those of location 1. This study showed that the nutritional status of G. latifolium was affected by the sampling locations of the study area, hence, appropriate cultural practices are needed in the area in order to create favourable soil conditions for optimum growth and development of the test plant.

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Development Indices of Gongronema latifolium Benth Domesticated in Otuoke Terrestrial Habitat, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Mbosowo

Samuel

2018

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“…Shoot biomass yield of Amaranthus was well influenced by the fish density in aquaponic tanks with a high coefficient of correlation value r = 0.99. The combinations of NPK fertilizer were reported to cause a high growth and yield of Amaranths in different soil types (Masanobu et al 2016). Similarly, our current findings showed that Amaranthus exhibit a similar trait in aquaponic environments.…”

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Co-production and biomass yield of amaranthus (Amaranthus hybridus) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in gravel-based substrate filter aquaponic

Babatunde

Ibrahim

Abdulkarim

et al. 2019

Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult

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Purpose Aquaponics combine aquaculture with crop production in a mutual system. In this experiment, the growth of Amaranthus in aquaponics with tilapia fish was investigated. Methods 500-liter water tanks containing tilapia fish at four initial stocking densities of 100, 150, 200, and 250 fish/m 3 were used in triplicates, with a view to evaluate vegetable yields as influenced by fish biomass to water ratio. 1 g of Amaranthus seeds were sown in a 1 m 2 planting trough, which contained gravel with a top layer of sandy soil. The pots were flooded with water from fish holdings by an aquarium pump. Results The germination rate of Amaranthus was not significantly different across the experimental setup (P > 0.05). The growth rate of Amaranthus was significantly higher with increasing fish density (P < 0.05). The average lowest and highest of shoots dry biomass yield recorded were 0.36 and 1.95 g/plant at 8 weeks after of sowing, and this corresponds to fish stocking densities of 100 and 250 fish/m 3 , respectively. A high positive correlation was found between the shoot dry biomass of Amaranthus and fish stocking density. The survival of tilapia fingerlings was not significant different, while the production levels were 5.62, 4.77, 4.57, and 4.00 kg/m 2 in 100, 150, 200, and 250 fish/m 3. Conclusions The growth of Amaranthus in this experiment demonstrated that the plant could effectively utilize the nitrogenous waste from fish tanks for biomass production, even at a higher concentration, while considerations for moderate fish density are only for fish health.

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“…2). Similar findings were also reported using balanced NPKS to obtain higher biomass production (Akamine et al, 2007;Hossain et al, 2012;Ohshiro et al, 2016) Dry leaf weight The dry weight of A. vera leaves varied significantly due to the differences in soil types ( Table 2). The highest leaf dry weight (136.0 g plant −1 ) was obtained from the plant grown in calcareous soil which was identical with the dry weights of the plants grown in acid (133.4 g plant −1 ) and non-calcareous (132.3 g plant −1 ) soils.…”

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Growth and yield performance of Aloe vera grown in different soil types of Bangladesh

Chowdhury

Rahman

Nahar

et al. 2018

J Bangladesh Agric Univ

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Plant requires suitable soil for higher yield, quality growth and desired crop productivity that differ with soil characteristics, availability of the nutrient elements and overall soil fertility. Aloe vera, a documented medicative plant, is used for numerous medical and cosmetic applications since very beginning of the civilization. An experiment was conducted in Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh to find out the most appropriate soil for A. vera cultivation. Seven types of soils viz., acid, calcareous, non-calcareous, charland, saline, peat and acid sulphate were collected from different locations of Bangladesh. Eighteenth month old Aloe vera seedlings were collected from Shomvogonj, Mymensingh and planted during last week of May, 2017 following completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Most of the soils were light grey in colour, acidic to neutral in nature and clay to clay loam in texture except non-calcareous and charland soils. Bulk density, particle density and field capacity ranged from 1.23−1.45 g cm−3, 2.20−2.58 g cm−3 and 27.07−30.20%, respectively. The ranges of pH, EC and organic matter contents were 3.8 to 7.8, 0.25 to 14.04 dS m−1 and 0.88 to 16.40%, respectively. The organic matter content was found as low to moderate except peat soil. Total N, exchangeable K, available P and S contents ranged from 0.05−0.95%, 0.17−0.73 cmol kg−1, 3.09−12.10 and 11.06−735.12 µg g−1 soil, respectively. Growth and leaf biomass yield of A. vera was significantly influenced by different soil types. The highest plant height, leaf number, leaf area and leaf fresh weight were recorded from the plant grown in non-calcareous soil whereas maximum fresh gel weight, dry leaf weight and yield increase over acid sulphate soil were found from the plant grown in calcareous soil. The highest fresh leaf gel weight (907 g plant−1) was obtained from the plant grown in calcareous soil which was identical with the gel weight (880 g plant−1) of the plant grown in acid soil. The yield increase of acid, non-calcareous, charland, saline1 (6.32 dS m−1) and saline2 (8.14 dS m−1) soils over acid sulphate soil were 718, 712, 394, 144 and 86%, respectively. The overall performance of the soils in relation to leaf biomass yield was of the following order: calcareous ≥ acid ≥ non-calcareous > charland > saline1 (6.32 dS m−1) > saline2 (8.14 dS m−1) > peat > acid sulphate soil. The results suggest that farmers could be advised to grow A. vera either in calcareous or acid soils of Bangladesh. Since calcareous and non-calcareous soils are mostly used for growing cereals, pulses, cash crop like sugarcane, fruits etc., acid soil could be used for cultivating this important medicinal crop considering the socio-economic conditions of the country. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(3): 448–456, December 2018

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Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan

Cited by 21 publications

References 34 publications

Development Indices of Gongronema latifolium Benth Domesticated in Otuoke Terrestrial Habitat, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Development Indices of Gongronema latifolium Benth Domesticated in Otuoke Terrestrial Habitat, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Co-production and biomass yield of amaranthus (Amaranthus hybridus) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in gravel-based substrate filter aquaponic

Growth and yield performance of Aloe vera grown in different soil types of Bangladesh

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