Open AccessTítulo en español.
Author(s) -
M. A. Lugo-López,
Pablo Landrau,
B. G. Capó
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v42i4.12603
Subject(s) - acre , humanities , philosophy , biology , agricultural science
A greenhouse investigation was conducted to determine the influence of various lime levels on the growth and yields of Hegari sorghum. Greenmatter yields of sorghum grown in soils receiving slightly over 4 tons of limestone to the acre were significantly higher than that from the soils receiving only 0.7 ton per acre, or receiving lime at the rate of 9.2 ton to the acre. The extreme low lime treatment, 0.7 ton to the acre, resulted in significantly lower dry-matter production, but no significant differences were measured between treatments ranging from 2.2 to 9.2 tons of lime to the acre. Liming influences significantly the blooming period of the sorghum plant.