Abstract
Soil acidity coupled with soil nutrient depletion negatively affect the performance and yield of maize in the Amhara National Regional State Ethiopia. This study was carried out at Burie district in one cropping season to determine the effect of integrated use of lime and urea fertilizer rate on yield and yield components of Maize. The treatments include lime (0 and 0.5 t ha -1 ) and nitrogen (0, 100, 200, 300, and 400 kg ha -1 ). The maize variety BH-661 was used as a test crop. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with ten treatments replicated three times. Yield and yield components of maize were collected and analyzed. The analysis of variance result revealed that, interaction effect of lime and N fertilizer reduced the tassling period (88 days in the application of 0.5 t ha -1 lime with 100 kg ha -1 N to 85 days in the application of 0.5 t ha -1 lime with 400 kg ha -1 N) and silking period from 91 days to 88 days. Grain yield was highly and positively correlated with AGDB (r=0.996) and HI (r=0.987). But GY was highly and negatively correlated with DT (r=-0.957) and DS (r=-0.925). Grain yield of maize was positively and significantly correlated with yield components. The maximum AUE (3.76%) was recorded from T10 than T7 of (3.16%). Based on economic analysis the optimum rate of lime and N fertilizer was obtained 0.5 t ha -1 lime and 300 kg ha -1 nitrogen fertilizer. So, combined application of 0.5 t ha -1 lime and 300 kg ha -1 Nitrogen is economically reasonable and recommended to the farmers. Keywords : Integrated, Liming, yield, Optimum, Soil acidity DOI: 10.7176/ALST/88-03 Publication date: July 31 st 2021
Highlights
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a member of Gramineae family, and it was originated in America and first cultivated in the area of Mexico more than 7,000 years ago [1]
Maize is ranked as the third major cereal crop after wheat and rice [2]. It is one of the most important food crops worldwide. It has the highest average yield per hectare and it is grown in most parts of the world over a wide range of environmental conditions [3]
Materials and methods 2.1 Research site location and soil The experiment was conducted in Burie district, West Gojjam Zone of Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) during the 2018/2019 main cropping season
Summary
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a member of Gramineae family, and it was originated in America and first cultivated in the area of Mexico more than 7,000 years ago [1]. Maize is ranked as the third major cereal crop after wheat and rice [2]. It is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Ethiopia is the fifth largest producer of maize in Africa and smallholder farmers make up 94% of the crop production [4]. Maize is cultivated in a wide range of altitudes, moisture regimes, soil types, and terrains, mainly by smallholder crop producers. It is mainly produced in southern, western, central, and eastern regions of Ethiopia [5]. In the Amhara region, maize production accounts 519,495.71 ha-1 with productivity of 3.78 t ha-1, while in west Gojjam it accounts 212,556.78 ha-1 with a productivity of 4.23t ha-1 [10]
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