The Effect of Crop Residue Mulches on the Yield and Production Pattern of Plantain<i>(Musa AAB)</i>

Obiefuna, J. C.

doi:10.1080/01448765.1991.9754577

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“…In a paper comparing imported C. odorata mulch with no-mulching Hulugalle et al (1985), working in south east Nigeria, found no significant differences between soil bulk densities at 194 DAP; however, bulk densities were already much higher than those in the current experiment (mean 1.4 Mg m-3 ). Also in south east Nigeria, soil bulk densities under crop residue mulch, previously burned were lower (1.2 Mg m-3 ) than in an unmulched burned control (1.4 Mg m-3 ) (Obiefuna, 1991). No reference has been found comparing 'no-bum mulch' with 'bum no-mulch'.…”

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Separating the Agronomic Effects of Burning and Biomass Removal in a Typical Slash and Burn Rotation System in Southern Cameroon

Norgrove¹,

Nkem²,

Häuser³

2003

Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

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Little research on slash and burn systems has investigated whether effects of burning are due to the fire per se or to the removal of biomass from the soil surface. In this experiment, the aim was to assess the effects of burning versus no burning and mulching versus no mulching on maize yields, chlorophyll levels, nutrient uptake and soil properties in a short fallow 'no external input' system in two consecutive cropping seasons on an ultisol in southern Cameroon. In the second maize cropping season, treatments were not re-imposed so any effects would be residual. In the first cropping season, when mulch was retained, grain dry mass was 2.79 Mg ha-1 , more than the 1.41 Mg ha-1 obtained without mulch. Soil bulk density was higher in non-mulched than in mulched treatments and both grain yield and maize aboveground biomass were strongly (both r 2 = 0.50) and negatively associated with soil bulk density. Under such short fallow conditions, farmers should be encouraged to mulch rather than burn residues when cropping maize, as this leads to higher yields within the usual time frame of the cropping cycle.

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Separating the Agronomic Effects of Burning and Biomass Removal in a Typical Slash and Burn Rotation System in Southern Cameroon

Norgrove¹,

Nkem²,

Häuser³

2003

Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

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“…In plantain (Musa AABgroup), positive yield responses to mulching have been observed (Wilson et al, 1986) and the effects of different mulches on vegetative growth and bunch yield studied (Salau et al, 1992;Ruhigwa et al, 1995a,b). Obiefuna (1991) found that mulch of crop residues was effective at decreasing nematode populations in plantain. Mulching is reputed also to mitigate the impact of nematodes on banana (Sikora et al, 1989;Kashaija et al, 1999), especially when applied to low fertility systems (McIntyre et al, 2000).…”

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A comparison of the effects of the nematodesRadopholus similisandPratylenchus goodeyion growth, root health and yield of an East African highland cooking banana (MusaAAA-group)

Talwana

Speijer

Gold

et al. 2003

International Journal of Pest Management

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“…Taking into account the bunch weights over the duration of the experiment including the 1st crop cycle, which is reported by Rotimi (2003), yield per hectare, combining the weights of harvested bunches over the four crop cycles, for the mulched non-inoculated treatment equated to 10.4 Mg ha −1 compared with 2.1 Mg ha −1 for the non-mulched inoculated treatment. The difference is remarkable but the yield for the mulched non-inoculated treatment remains much below potential yield (Wilson et al, 1985;Obiefuna, 1991;Ngalani, 1996;Ortiz & Vuylesteke, 1996;Hauser, 2000). Yields for plantain on south eastern Nigerian ultisols, which comprise more than the 1st crop cycle, average about 17.0 Mg ha −1 , while Ruhigwa et al (1995) achieved 35.4 Mg ha −1 (cumulative yield over two years) following extensive Pennisetum purpureum mulching.…”

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“…The use of nematicides to control Musa nematodes can be effective (Gowen & Quénéhérve, 1990) but is expensive for resource-poor farmers and the chemical products are often unavailable in rural areas in Africa. In addition to providing supplementary nutrients which in turn may have a positive effect on vegetative growth and yield (Wilson et al, 1985;Salau et al, 1992;Ruhigwa et al, 1995), mulching is reputed to mitigate the impact of plant-parasitic nematodes on plantain and banana (Sikora et al, 1989;Obiefuna, 1991;Speijer et al, 1998Speijer et al, , 1999Kashaija et al, 1999;Rotimi, 2003;Talwana et al, 2003), especially when applied to low fertility systems (McIntyre et al, 2000).…”

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Effects of nematode infection and mulching on the yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB-group) ratoon crops and plantation longevity in southeastern Nigeria

Coyne¹,

Rotimi²,

Speijer³

et al. 2005

Nematol

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The effects of nematode infection and mulching on plantain cv. Agbagba (Musa spp., AAB-group, false horn) yield and plantation longevity were examined in a field experiment at the High Rainfall Station of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) at Onne in southeastern Nigeria. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th crop cycles (1st, 2nd and 3rd ratoon, respectively) following the plant crop cycle (mother crop) were examined in nematode inoculated or non-inoculated and mulched or nonmulched treatments. Nematodes (Radopholus similis, Helicotylenchus multicinctus and, to a lesser extent, Helicotylenchus dihystera, Hoplolaimus pararobustus and Meloidogyne spp.) were inoculated at planting of the mother plant, but were also present in relatively high population densities in the non-inoculated treatments at harvest of the 1st crop cycle. Plants inoculated with nematodes failed to reach harvest and neither did plants in the non-inoculated non-mulched treatments in any ratoon. Only non-inoculated mulched plants reached harvest, producing 0.85, 1.22 and 0.2 Mg ha −1 , respectively in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ratoon, taking toppled, broken and dead plants into consideration. Mulched plants were larger, had more suckers, survived longer and had healthier root systems compared with non-mulched plants. Damage to roots was greater in the inoculated plants compared with the non-inoculated plants for the 1st and 2nd ratoons but not for the 3rd ratoon. Radopholus similis was most strongly associated with root damage (percentage root necrosis and dead roots), although H. multicinctus population densities were also positively correlated with percentage root necrosis. At flowering of the 1st ratoon, 71% of the inoculated non-mulched plants were dead compared with only 1% of the non-inoculated mulched plants. Helicotylenchus multicinctus remained the most abundant nematode throughout the experiment. Together with R. similis, it comprised over 95% of the plant-parasitic nematode population.

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The Effect of Crop Residue Mulches on the Yield and Production Pattern of Plantain(Musa AAB)

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

Separating the Agronomic Effects of Burning and Biomass Removal in a Typical Slash and Burn Rotation System in Southern Cameroon

Separating the Agronomic Effects of Burning and Biomass Removal in a Typical Slash and Burn Rotation System in Southern Cameroon

A comparison of the effects of the nematodesRadopholus similisandPratylenchus goodeyion growth, root health and yield of an East African highland cooking banana (MusaAAA-group)

Effects of nematode infection and mulching on the yield of plantain (Musa spp., AAB-group) ratoon crops and plantation longevity in southeastern Nigeria

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