Growth, Nodulation and Yield of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L) Verdc) on Selected Nigerian Soils

✍ Scribed by Uguru, M I; Ezeh, N E

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 225 KB
• Volume: 73
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199703)73:3<377::aid-jsfa739>3.0.co;2-z

✦ Synopsis

To compare their performances in terms of growth, nodulation and yield, six bambara groundnut lines collected from Benue, Bauchi, Enugu and Sokoto states of Nigeria were grown on Ðve di †erent Nigerian soils : alÐsol, entisol, inceptisol, ultisol and vertisol. Data obtained showed that the soil reaction did not impair the nodulating capacity of the genotypes except at very low pH values. Best performances in terms of growth and yield were observed in vertisol. Nodulation, growth and yield were consistently depressed in entisol and inceptisol. The ease of penetration of the di †erent soils measured at Ðeld capacity, during pegging, was an important factor in the cultivation of bambara groundnut. There were strong evidences of di †erential pod and seed yields per plant by the genotypes on the di †erent soils.