Effect of Different Rates of Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG) on Soil Chemical Properties and Performance of Cucumber (Cucumissativus) in Igbariam, South-Eastern Nigeria

Posted: 22 Oct 2019

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Leonard Nsoanya

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University - Department of Soil Science

Date Written: October 3, 2019

Abstract

Effect of different rates of Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG) on some chemical properties of soil and performance of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) was studied in the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra state, Nigeria. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with five levels of treatments which consist of Control (No treatment), 4tha-1 Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG); 8 t ha-1 BSG, 4t ha-1 BSG + 200kg of NPK 20:10:10 and 8 t ha-1 BSG + 200kg of NPK 20:10:10.The treatments were replicated three times and data collected were analyzed following the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) using GENSTAT Software Package, GENSTAT Edition 3 Release 7,2DE. Treatment means were separated with Least Significant Difference (LSD) at 5% level significance. Results obtained showed that there was significant(p=0.05) difference among the different rates of Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG) on growth parameters of Cucumber (namely: number of leaves, vine length and Number of Branches); yield components and some chemical properties of soils of Igbariam. The value recorded for each of the different rates of Brewer’s Spent Grain increased as the week after planting (WAP) increased. The highest values recorded at 8WAP where BSG was applied at the rate of 8t ha-1 are29.6 (for number of leaves),72.3cm (for vine length) and 4.4 (for Number of branches. The highest value of leaf area (230cm2) at 8WAP was obtained where BSG was applied at the rate of 4 t ha-1 +200kg NPK Fertilizer. The highest fruit weight (229.2g) as well as the highest values of Available Phosphorus (19.27mg kg-1); Total Nitrogen (9 g kg-1) and Organic Matter (11.3g kg-1) were obtained at the treatment where brewer’s Spent Grain was applied at the rate of 8t/ha. The study recommended 8t ha-1 of BSG and 4t ha-1 BSG + 200kg of the NPK Fertilizer for farmers in the agroecology.

Suggested Citation

Nsoanya, Leonard, Effect of Different Rates of Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG) on Soil Chemical Properties and Performance of Cucumber (Cucumissativus) in Igbariam, South-Eastern Nigeria (October 3, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3463852

Leonard Nsoanya (Contact Author)

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University - Department of Soil Science ( email )

Nigeria

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