scholarly journals Soil Properties and Vegetative Growth of Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F) as Influenced by Organic Fertilizer

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Adebayo A. Olowoak ◽  
Olumuyiwa P. Adeyemo
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Telfairia Occidentalis

Effect of Application of Sole Organic, Inorganic Fertilizers and their Combinations on the Growth and Biological Yield of Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 754-761
Author(s):  
Kehinde oluwaseun Oyekale
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Leaf Number ◽  
Inorganic Fertilizers ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Telfairia Occidentalis ◽  
Biological Yield

The effect of application of sole organic, inorganic fertilizers and their combinations was investigated on the growth and biological yield of Fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) at the Teaching and Research Farm, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria. Ten treatments were involved namely: No fertilizer (control), 100kgN/ha as Sulphate of Ammonia, SA (21%N), 100kgN/ha as Composted Maize Cob, CMC (0.97%N), 100kgN/ha as Composted Saw Dust, CSD (1.01%N), 50:50 CMC/SA combination, 50:50 CSD/SA combination, 50:50 CMC/CSD combination, 75:25 CMC/SA combination, 75:25 CSD/SA combination, 75:25 CMC/CSD combination, the treatments were replicated four times using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Seedling emergence, Leaf area, Leaf number, Plant height and dry matter weight of the crops were assessed. On the Plant height and Leaf number, application of 75:25 CMC/SA combination resulted in taller plants and more leafiness at 3 WAP compared to 75:25 CMC/CSD combination. The application of 100kgN/ha as sole Sulphate of Ammonia, gave the least leaf number and the shortest plant at 4WAP. The sole application of any of the organic fertilizers 100kgN/ha has proven to be superior in terms of (vegetative yield) of Telfairia occidentalis (ugu-elu) than its combination of each of the organic fertilizer with sulphate of ammonia.Keywords: Organic fertilizer, Inorganic fertilizer, Fluted pumpkin, Yield.

scholarly journals Biochemical conversion of fruit rind of Telfairia occidentalis (fluted pumpkin) and poultry manure

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (23) ◽  
pp. 2799-2811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Dahunsi ◽  
Solomon Oranusi ◽  
Vincent E. Efeovbokhan ◽  
Soraya Zahedi ◽  
John O. Ojediran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Biochemical Conversion ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Telfairia Occidentalis ◽  
Fruit Rind

scholarly journals VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF RAINBOW CHILI (Capsicum annuum L.) IN THE TREATMENT OF PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria), PGPR-NPK FERTILIZER, AND PGPR-COMPOST COMBINATION

Agric ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Jennefer Constantia ◽  
Rejeki Siti Ferniah
Keyword(s):  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Npk Fertilizer ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
Biological Fertilizer

Bolivian Rainbow Chili is one of the ornamental chili varieties which is unique in the form of its colorful fruit color. The vegetative growth of ornamental chilies requires additional nutrients and the role of microorganisms to obtain optimal growth. This study aims to determine the optimal growth of rainbow chilies using the application of PGPR biological fertilizer, a combination of PGPR biological fertilizer and NPK synthetic fertilizer, as well as a combination of PGPR biological fertilizer and compost organic fertilizer. This research was conducted with a completely randomized design (CRD). The data obtained were then analyzed by ANOVA and continued with the LSD test and Duncan’s test at the 5% test stage. The results showed that the combination treatment of PGPR and compost or PGPR and NPK provided optimal vegetative growth compared to single PGPR treatment.

scholarly journals Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies of Chromium (VI) Sorption by Pure and Carbonized Fluted Pumpkin waste biomass (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F.)

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Timi Tarawou ◽  
Michael Horsfall
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Kinetic ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Chromium Vi ◽  
Telfairia Occidentalis ◽  
Pseudo Second Order

The adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solution was studied using pure and carbonized fluted pumpkin waste biomass (FPWB). The kinetic data shows a pseudo-first-order mechanism with rate constants of 1.26 × 10-2 and 1.933 × 10-2 mg g-1 min-1 for the pure and carbonized FPWB, respectively. While the pseudo-second-order mechanism has rate constants of 0.93 × 10-1 and 1.33 × 10-1 mg g-1 min-1 for the pure and carbonized waste biomass respectively. The pseudo-second order kinetic model was found to be more suitable for describing the experimental data based on the correlation coefficient values (R2) of 0.9975 and 0.9994 obtained for pure waste biomass (PWB) and carbonized waste biomass (CWB), respectively. The results obtained from this study show that PWB and CWB have very high removal capacity for chromium (VI) from aqueous solution over a range of reaction conditions. Thus, fluted pumpkin waste biomass (Telfairia occidentalis Hook F) is a potential sorbent for the treatment of industrial effluents containing chromium (VI) contaminant.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v27i1.6436 J. Nepal Chem. Soc., Vol. 27, 2011 11-18Uploaded date: 16 July, 2012

Utilization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipies Mart Solms) as liquid fertilizer on the growth and yield of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
K. O. Sanni ◽  
J. M. Adesina
Keyword(s):  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Poultry Manure ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Liquid Fertilizer ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Planting Season

The present experiment was carried out during the 2010 planting season, atthe Teaching and Research Farms, School of Agriculture, Lagos State Polytechnic,Ikorodu, Lagos State with the view to produce liquid fertilizer fromwater hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipies) and compare its effectiveness withpoultry manure on the performance and yield of fluted pumpkin (Telfairiaoccidentalis). Data on number of leaves and length of main vine 2 weeksbefore fertilizer application (BFA) and 3, 6 and 9 weeks after fertilizer application (WAFA) and the yield at harvesting were collected and subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and means compared using Least Significance Difference (LSD). The results showed that at 3 WAFA, water hyacinth had the highest number of leaves (245) and longest length main vine (2.04 cm) and in terms of yield at harvesting, water hyacinth (16.08 kg) was not significantly different (P>0.05) compared to poultry manure (18.13 kg) application. From the study it can be concluded that water hyacinth liquid fertilizer can be utilized as good source of organic fertilizer for the growth of fluted pumpkin and thus serve as veritable means of curbing the menace of water hyacinth on our water ways.

Osmo-predried fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) leaf and its nutri-economic evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Olusegun Ajala ◽  
John O. Igidi ◽  
Temitope Omolayo Fasuan ◽  
Chidinma Emmanuel Ominyi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Corn Syrup ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fluted Pumpkin ◽  
Telfairia Occidentalis ◽  
Nutritional Qualities ◽  
Osmotic Agents

Purpose Leafy vegetables are known to be highly perishable because of high moisture content, which had resulted in applications of different preservative methods. However, these methods were not without certain limitations during storage. Osmotic pre-dehydration had been proved to be a better alternative because of high retention and improvement in nutritional qualities and stability during storage. This study aims to investigate the osmotic pre-dehydration of fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) leaves. Design/methodology/approach Fluted pumpkin (T. occidentalis) leaves were pre-dried using sucrose, corn syrup and sodium chloride solutions as osmotic agents, while unosmo-predried leaves were used as the control. Both osmo-predehydrated and unosmo-predried leaves were dried in a hot air oven, whereas the effect of the osmotic agents on the nutritional qualities was investigated using standard protocols. Findings There were significant differences (p-values ranged from 0.001 to 0.030) in the proximate compositions of samples. Osmo-predried leaves recorded higher mineral contents in Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn and Na. Osmotic pre-dehydration by NaCl had a significant effect (p = 0.02) on ascorbic acid. The amino acid profile of the oven-dried leaves (unosmo-predried) showed that histidine and cysteine recorded high amino acid scores of 120.42% and 135%, respectively. Threonine (43.73%) recorded the highest essential amino acid score (without histidine). The economic evaluation indicated the percentage cost index difference of leaves treated with NaCl as 2.08%, sucrose (11.19%) and corn syrup (16.43%). Originality/value The high proportion of beneficial elements such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and appreciable chemical compositions of the osmo-predried leaves compared to unpre-dried leaves proved osmotic pre-dehydration as a value-added technique for preservation of leafy vegetables. The best osmotic agent was sodium chloride. This process could be applied on a small scale for the development of self-entrepreneurs and home-scale industries.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document