Nutrients Uptake and Fruit Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.) Produced Using Home Sorted and Municipal Organic Materials as Nutrient Sources

Musiliat Mopelola Onaolapo, Christopher Olu. Adejuyigbe, Florence Alaba Olowokere and Akeem Abdulai. Oyekanmi
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Musiliat Mopelola Onaolapo: Department of Soil Science and Land Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Christopher Olu. Adejuyigbe: Department of Soil Science and Land Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Florence Alaba Olowokere: Department of Soil Science and Land Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Akeem Abdulai. Oyekanmi: Department of Plant Physiology and Crop Production, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 2024, vol. 9, issue 3, 292-308

Abstract: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is one of the most popular crops with a unique role in human diets especially in Nigeria. Nutritional quality of fruit is a reflection of uptake by the plant. The study investigated the uptake of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium uptake by tomato with incorporation of home and municipal sorted solid waste. Screenhouse experiment was carried out at the College of Plant Science and Crop Production, while field experiment was conducted at the Directorate of University Farms, Federal University of Agriculture (Latitudes 7°13ʹN and 7°20ʹN and Longitudes 3°20ʹE and 3°28ʹE) during the early and late seasons of 2019. Roma VF and Ibadan-local varieties as test crop. The screenhouse experiment was factorial in Completely Randomized Design. The treatments were: composted municipal solid waste; composted home sorted waste; pyrolyzed municipal solid waste and pyrolyzed home sorted waste at the rate of 0, 5, 10 and 20 tha-1 each. The field experiment was set up in a randomized complete block design with incorporation of waste treatments at 10 t ha-1, all in three replicates. The treatments mentioned above for screenhouse were also used for field experiment. Data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance and the means were separated using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (p

Date: 2024
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