Open AccessImproving Sorghum Biomass and Productivity through Application of Moringa Leaf Juice
Author(s) -
Abrham Tezera Gessesse,
Hailie Shiferaw,
Tesfaye THaymanot,
Mesafint Minale,
Abeje Tedila,
Getabalew Teshome,
Melese Bekele,
Reta Eshet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of energy and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-282X
pISSN - 2312-2005
DOI - 10.18034/apjee.v3i2.231
Subject(s) - moringa , sorghum , agronomy , fertilizer , biomass (ecology) , human fertilization , yield (engineering) , biology , food science , materials science , metallurgy
Globally, fourteen types of Moringa species are discovered. Among these species Moringaoleifera and Moringastenopetala potentially use for nutritional purpose, medicinal and feed values. In addition to these, Moringa leaf juice is being use in the form of a foliar spray that causes the plants to be stronger, more resistant to pests and disease and enhances plant growth. Plants treated with Moringa juice spray produce more and larger fruit and consequently have higher yield. The study conducted at “Kewet” district, Shewa Robit site with the objective of evaluating the contribution of Moringa leaf juice on grain yield and biomass production of sorghum. The result indicated that there was no significant difference observed among treatments on grain yield. However, foliar spray of Moringaoleifera with fertilizer and Moringastenopetala with fertilizer was obtained 25% and 34% of grain yield advantage as compare to only chemical fertilization application. Hence, at Shewarobit condition, foliar spray of Moringa leaf juice is not recommended for sorghum grain yield production. However further study is required across different soil type and agro climatology.