Preliminary trial of fertilizer types on pineapple (&lt;i&gt;Ananas Cosmosus&lt;/i&gt; grown in coastal acid sands of Cross River State, Nigeria

Ubi, W; Igwe, H; Ekpe, Samuel D.; Ibor, Otu

doi:10.4314/gjpas.v11i4.16534

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“…It is known as the queen of fruits because of its excellent flavour and taste. According to Ubi et al (2005), the pineapple plants are drought tolerant and well adapted to the tropical sandy soils with pH ranging from 4.5 to 6.5. The plants are propagated from suckers or from the crowns, which grow on top of the fruit.…”

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Profitability and constraints of pineapple production in Osun State, Nigeria

Baruwa

2013

Journal of Horticultural Research

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Pineapple is a delicious tropical fruit with a fine flavour and high nutritive value. It is one of the most important commercial fruit crops in the world. Despite its popularity, no proper data on the costs of its production in Nigeria are available. The study determines profitability and constraints of pineapple production in Osun State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to obtain information from 50 respondents using purposive and random selection. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and budgetary technique. Results indicated that majority of the farmers were males, aged 53.7 years on average and engaged full time in pineapple production. The modal level of farmer's education was primary. The average period of experience in pineapple farming was 13.5 years. The gross margin and net profits in Naira (Nigerian currency) were N182 725 and N162 045, respectively. The questionnaire in the study contained the most serious problems confronting pineapple farmers: limited availability of high quality planting materials, high fruit perishability, low fruit prices, low access to credits and plant diseases. Availability of high yielding pineapple varieties, establishment of cold storages to reduce fruit perishability, agricultural price support programmes, easier access to credit from formal sources and farmers' education were considered essential to improve productivity and profitability of pineapple production in Nigeria.

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Profitability and constraints of pineapple production in Osun State, Nigeria

Baruwa

2013

Journal of Horticultural Research

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“…In the three clones, the fibre content increased with a corresponding increase in N-fertilization even in the early stages of the experiment, 6,13 this positive effect of applied N on the fibre content is attributed to the lignifications process occurring later in the season, requiring lower rates of N; rather than higher rates of N. 10,14,15 Thus, the positive effect of applied N on the fibre content coupled with its effect in reducing the brix, pol, purity and C.C.S values at higher rates later in the season led to the high fibre contents of the canes from plots with high N-rates. [16][17][18] It was noted at all stages of growth that Nfertilizer was adequately required to keep the canes at their optimizing performance. 19 As the canes mature, the change from N increasing to rather N retarding quality occurred at the same time, such that the effect of N fertilizer accounts for only 8% to cane quality, later in the season.…”

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Variability in quality attributes of sugar cane (Saccharium officinale) clones as influenced by Nitrofertigation in Southern Nigeria

Michael¹

2018

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An experiment was carried out in 2017 and 2018 planting seasons in Calabar, Southern Nigeria to evaluate the influence of nitrogen fertilizer on quality attributes of three clones of Sugarcane. The trial was laid out in 3 x 4 Split-plot in a randomized complete block design with 3 replications. The main plot was the three cane varieties (KN-10; OG-11 and OY-10), while the sup-plots consisted of the nitrogen fertilizer rates-0, 60, 90 and 120kgha-1N, (Symbolized N 1 , N 2 , N 3 and N 4 respectively). The results showed that none of the clones matured before the 12th month of growth, hence juice analysis took place from the 291 st day, for better brix, pol, purity and C.C.S quality attributes. Varietal differences as influence by treatment was glaring. The variety KN-10 at the application of 60kgha-1 N had brix 19.5%; pol 18.4%; purity 85.5%; cane yield 73.53 (tons/ha); average yield of sugar 9.0 (tons/ha), compared with 0kgha-1 N, and these values were significantly (P<0.05) higher than values obtained from either OG-11 or OY-10, given similar experimental conditions. The highest fibre content 18.4% was obtained from OY-10, where 120 kgha-1 N was applied. Most of the variations due to nitrogen was accounted for by a quadratic type, response curve. These results are discussed in relation to future fertilizer experiments envisaged for the potential sugarcane land in Southern Nigeria.

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“…It is known as the queen of fruits because of its excellent flavour and taste. According to Ubi et al (2005), Pineapple is the third most important tropical fruit in world after Banana and Citrus (Bartholomew et al, 2003). Important producing countries are Brazil, India, China, Nigeria, Mexico and Colombia.…”

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Economic Analysis of Marketing Efficiency of Pineapple in Kano State Markets, Nigeria

Lawal¹,

Danbazau²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2020

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The study analysed the marketing efficiency of pineapple in selected markets in Kano metropolis. Data was collected with the used of questionnaire and were analysed using descriptive statistics, market margin analysis and market efficiency. Results shows that the majority (33.3%) of the respondents were within the ages of 47-55 years, followed by 23.8% within the age range of 29-37 years and 9.5% of age range of 56-64 years were the minimum. Household size, in the wholesaler’s side category 5-8 size had the highest members with 42.80%, followed by 1-4 and 17-20 with 19.10% each, while 14.30% had 9-12 and the least was households within the range of 13-16 with only 4.8%, while in the retailer’s side category 1-5 size had the highest members with 40.90%, followed by 11-15 with 24.90%, then 22.60% had 6-10 while 9.10% had 16-20 size and the least was household within the range of 21-25 with only 2.30%. However, 31-37years category ranked the least with 4.80%. On the retailers side the result reveals that 13-20 years category ranked the highest with 41.00% and 37-44years category were the least with 6.80% each. The marketing margin analysis indicated that for every 14.4kg pineapple, gross marketing margin of wholesalers N 158.85 was higher than that of retailers N 129.66 whereas net marketing margin of retailers with N 91.24 was higher than that of wholesalers with N 59.09, return on investment of retailers with 1.11 was also higher than that of wholesalers with 1.08, and however, marketing margin of wholesalers

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Preliminary trial of fertilizer types on pineapple (<i>Ananas Cosmosus</i> grown in coastal acid sands of Cross River State, Nigeria

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Profitability and constraints of pineapple production in Osun State, Nigeria

Profitability and constraints of pineapple production in Osun State, Nigeria

Variability in quality attributes of sugar cane (Saccharium officinale) clones as influenced by Nitrofertigation in Southern Nigeria

Economic Analysis of Marketing Efficiency of Pineapple in Kano State Markets, Nigeria

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