<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield"^^ . "Soil infertility is one of the main factors leading to low finger millet production in the semi-arid\r\ntropics of Kenya. About 50-80% of P applied as fertilizer is adsorbed by soil and the amount of P\r\nneeded to achieve maintenance of its adequate status and influence on other soil properties has\r\nnot been well documented. An on-station experiment was therefore conducted at the KALROKiboko\r\nresearch station during the 2014 long and 2015 short rain seasons to investigate the\r\ninfluence of phosphorus rates on soil rhizosphere chemical properties and yield of three finger\r\nmillet varieties. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design in factorial\r\narrangement and replicated three times. There were four P levels (0, 12.5, 25 and 37.5 kg ha-1\r\nP2O5) and three varieties (U15, P-224 and local check-Kat FM1). Phosphorus application reduced \r\nthe soil pH significantly for both seasons with the 37.5 kg ha-1 P2O5 rate eliciting the greatest pH\r\nfrom 9.26 to 7.90 (1.36 units) during the long rain season. As expected, soil phosphorus increased\r\nwith the highest rate with 11 ppm during the long rain season and 9 ppm for the short rains. The\r\norganic carbon increased by 0.28% for the long rain season on the 25 kg ha-1 P2O5 rate while the\r\nhighest rate increased total N by 0.05%. The 25 kg ha-1 P2O5 rate and U-15 indicated the highest\r\nyield for both seasons with a maximum of 3.71 t ha-1 realized during the short rain season.\r\nMonitoring change in soil nutrient status is important for prescribing P fertilization in order to\r\nmaintain or replenish soil fertility. The application rate of 25 kg ha-1 P2O5 led to the optimal yields\r\nunder the improved variety and hence the study recommends this rate."^^ . "2016" . . "02" . "01" . . "Science Domain International"^^ . . . "Asian Research Journal of Agriculture"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "H F"^^ . "Ojulong"^^ . "H F Ojulong"^^ . . "W N"^^ . "Wafula"^^ . "W N Wafula"^^ . . "J P"^^ . "Gweyi-Onyango"^^ . "J P Gweyi-Onyango"^^ . . "N K"^^ . "Korir"^^ . "N K Korir"^^ . . . . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Wafula212016ARJA29606.pdf"^^ . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Effect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #9785 \n\nEffect of Phosphate Levels on Soil Rhizosphere Nutrient Balances and Finger Millet Yield\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Millets"@en . . . "Finger Millet"@en . . . "Soil"@en . .