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Growth, Nodulation and Yield of Bambara Groundnut ( Vigna subterranea (L) Verdc) on Selected Nigerian Soils
Author(s) -
Uguru M I,
Ezeh N E
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199703)73:3<377::aid-jsfa739>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - entisol , vertisol , inceptisol , ultisol , alfisol , soil water , agronomy , vigna , yield (engineering) , soil classification , biology , ecology , materials science , metallurgy
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 five different Nigerian soils: alfisol, 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 different soils measured at field capacity, during pegging, was an important factor in the cultivation of bambara groundnut. There were strong evidences of differential pod and seed yields per plant by the genotypes on the different soils. © 1997 SCI.