Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Effect of Fertilizer and Rhizobium Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Soyabean Variety (Glycine max L. Merrill)

¹Department of Crop Production and Protection, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria

²University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

³Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

*Corresponding Author:

Adeyeye S
Department of Crop Production and Protection
Federal University Wukari
Taraba State, Nigeria
Tel: +2348035531840; E-mail: solorach2002@yahoo.com

Received date: January 07, 2017; Accepted date: February 06, 2017; Published date: February 13, 2017

Citation: Adeyeye AS, Togun AO, Olaniyan AB, Akanbi WB (2017) Effect of Fertilizer and Rhizobium Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Soyabean Variety (Glycine max L. Merrill). Adv Crop Sci Tech 5:255. doi: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000255

Copyright: © 2017 Adeyeye AS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The study assessed the response of three soybean varieties: (TGX 1740 - 2F, TGX 1842 - IE, and TGX 1448- 2E) to three fertilizer treatments (4 t/ha compost, 30 kgN/ha urea, 2 t/ha compost+30 kgN/ha urea and a control) with or without Rhizobium Inoculation using strain R.25B+2180A. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with three replications. Data collected on vegetative, reproductive and grain yield parameters were subjected to analysis of variance ANOVA at 5% probability level. Fertilizer effects were significant on all the parameters assessed. In this study, soybean grain yield varies from 0.2 t/ha in plants nourished with 30 kgN/ha to 0.96 t/ha in plants that received 4 t/ha compost. Inoculation of soybean seed with rhizobium significantly improved the grain yield of soybean. Inoculated plants produced grain yield that is 35% higher than non-inoculated ones. The interactive effect of fertilizer types and inoculation was not significant on soybean grain yield and yield parameters. It was concluded that the use of 4 t/ha compost in combination with appropriate rhizobium strain could be a good agronomic practice for the production of high quality grain in soybean.

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