Open AccessOn Station Evaluation of Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture (IAA) on Yield of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) and Tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum).
Author(s) -
Esayas Alemayehu,
Alemayehu Wubie,
Abelneh Yimer,
Yared Tigabu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international research journal of science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2707-3955
DOI - 10.46378/irjst.2020.010209
Subject(s) - solanum tuberosum , fertilizer , yield (engineering) , randomized block design , irrigation , agriculture , agronomy , solanum , environmental science , biology , horticulture , mathematics , ecology , materials science , metallurgy
Evaluation of integrated agriculture aquaculture (IAA) was conducted on stationin the National Fisheries and Aquatic Life Research center (NFALRC), Sebeta.In this trial the effect of irrigation with pond water and spring water andapplication of inorganic fertilizer on yield and other parameters for Tomato(Lycopersiconesculentum) and potato (Solanum tuberosum) were evaluatedusing randomized complete block design with three replications. Results showthat there is variation in total yield and marketable yield as well as clusters perplant of tomato with plots treated with fertilizer having higher values. Amongexamined parameters, only clusters per plant of tomato varied significantly(P<0.05) among treatments. However, marketable yield and yield per plant didnot show significant variation (p>0.05) among treatments. Nevertheless, allparameters in this trial did not show significant difference among treatments(P>0.05). The results of this trial indicate that using pond water to irrigatehorticulture plots can partially replace the use of inorganic fertilizers therebyreducing both cost and environmental effects.