Improving the performance of a traditional variety of yam produced under ferralsol poor in organic matter in the forest areas of Cote d’Ivoire
Paper Details
Improving the performance of a traditional variety of yam produced under ferralsol poor in organic matter in the forest areas of Cote d’Ivoire
Abstract
A study on the potential of three previous cropping of ferralsol was conducted in the forest zone of Cote d’Ivoire from 1999 to 2000. These parcels were a fallow of Chromolaena odorata, a previous yam and a previous cassava. The aim of this study was to know the soil fertility and to assess the effect on the productivity of the local variety called “bete bete”, a water yam very widespread. Thus, two micro doses of NPK compared to a control without fertilizer was made for an objective of 30 t/ha. This work was carried out according to the pattern blocks of Fisher with six replications. It was obtained in 1999 under fallow the highest yield (22.4 t/ha) for T1 (24N 48P 36 K) against 18.4 t/ha and 14.4 t/ha respectively, yam and cassava subplot. In 2000, it was obtained under fallow 23.1 t/ha for T1 against 22 t/ha for T2 (70N 48P 36K). The lowest yield (12 t/ha) was obtained by T0 under cassava. The difference was significant between T0 and T1 and between T2 and T0 in 1999 and 2000 under previous fallow and previous yam. But, between T1 and T2, there was no significant difference. As cons, under previous cassava, there was no significant difference between treatments. The results showed that the fertilizer had an effect on bete bete yield. The conditions of cropping yam were more suitable under fallow than land previously cultivated but need manure to increase highly the yield.
Adeniji MO, Obigbesan GO, Asiedu R, Bokanga M. 2002. Influence of fertilizers on yield, storage,and foods qualities of yams. Proceedings of the 7th triennal symposium of the international society for tropical roots crops-Africa Branch. In ISTRC-AB, Cotonou (Bénin), 310.
Carsky RJ, Etèka AC, Keatinge JD, Manyong VM. 1999. Cover crops for natural resource management in West Africa. Processing of a workshop organized by IITA and CIEPCA, 26-29 october 1999, Cotonou, Benin, 316.
Castillo RJ, Ruiz ML, Portieles RM, Milian M. 1989. Prélèvements minéraux et coefficients d’utilisation des engrais et des éléments nutritifs du sol par une culture de Dioscorea alata. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones en Viandas Tropicales, Santa Domingo. Villa Clara (CUB) 12, 59-73. Ciencia y Technica en la Agricultura, Viandas Tropicales.
Beckford C, Campbell D and Barker D. 2011. Sustainable food production systems and food security: economic and environment imperatives in yam cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica. Sustainabilty 1, 1366-1387.
Degras L. 1993. The yam : a tropical root crop. Coste, R. London, 408.
Diby LN, Hgaza VK, Tié TB, Assa A, Carsky R, Girardin O. 2011. How does soil fertility affect yam growth? Acta Agric. Scand. Sect. B 61, 448–457.
Ettien DJB, Sorho F, Brahima K. 2013. Screening of new yam clones (D. alata and D. rotundata) in nematode prone ecology of guinea savanna zone in West Africa. Journal of Applied Biosciences 61, 4540 – 4550. Original submitted on 6th November 2012. www.m.elewa.org on 31st January 2013.
Ettien DJB. 2004. Intensification de la production d’igname (Dioscorea spp.) par la fertilisation minérale et l’identification de nouvelles variétés en zones forestière et savanicole de Côte d’Ivoire. Thèse de Doctorat Unique. Université de Cocody-Abidjan, 171.
FAO. 1999. Agriculture policy for sustainable management and use of natural resources in Africa FAO, IITA, 81.
FAO. 2002. Key to the FAO Soil Units in the FAO/Unesco Soil. Map of the World Extract from “Legend of the Soil Map of the World”, 1974, UNESCO, Paris.
FAO. 2010. Food and Agricultural Organization. FAOSTATDATA. FAO, Rome, Italy. In Fu RHY, Kikuno H and Maruyama M. 2011. Research on yam production, marketing and consumption of Nupe farmers of Niger State, central Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research 6 (23), 5301-5313.
Fiege K. 1996. Gestion des ressources naturelles dans la périphérie du Parc National de Taï. Possibilités d’appui au développement des capacités. Rapport technique.
Fu RHY, Kikuno H, Maruyama M. 2011. Research on yam production, marketing and consumption of Nupe farmers of Niger State, central Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research 6 (23), 5301-5313.
Guillaumet JL, Adjanohoune E. 1971. La végétation de la Côte d’Ivoire in: Le milieu naturel de la Côte d’Ivoire. Mémoire ORSTOM, n°50: 157-263, Paris.
Hgaza VK, Diby LN, Assa A, Ake S. 2010. How fertilization affects yam (Dioscorea alata L.) growth and tuber yield across the years. African Journal of Plant Science 4 (3), 053-060.
Hgaza VK, Diby LN, Oberson A, Tschannen A, Tié BT, Sangakkara UR, Aké S, Frossard E. 2012. Nitrogen Use by Yam as Affected by Mineral Fertilizer Application Agronomy Journal 104, Issue 6.
Hgaza VK, Diby LN, Herrera JM, Sangakkara UR, Frossard E. 2012. Root distribution patterns of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.): a field study. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B _ Soil and Plant Science, 1-11.
Kanokporn S, Kamolchanok P, Daoroong S, Natdhera S. 2013. Soil Practices with relation to Soil Fertilities. International Journal of Sciences 2, issue february 2013. http://www.ijSciences.com.
Lyonga N. 1983. Etude de la fertilisation de l’igname (Dioscorea spp.) et le stockage des tubercules d’ignames au Cameroun. Proceeding Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Roots, 21-26 février 1983, Lima (Peru).
Marcos J, Cornet D, Bussière F, Sierra J. 2011. Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) growth and yield as affected by the planting date: Experiment and modeling. European Journal of Agronomy 34, 247– 256.
Obigbesan GO, Agboola A A. 1978. Uptake and distribution of nutrients by yams (Dioscorea spp.) in western Nigeria. Expl.agric 14, 349-355.
Onwueme IC, Charles WB. 1994b. Tropical root and tuber crops. Production, perspectives and future prospects. Plant Production and Protection , FAO, Rome. Paper n°126, 228.
Orkwor GC, Asiedu R and Ekanayake IJ. 1998a. Food yam: Advances in Research International Institute of tropical agriculture (IITA), Ibadan Nigeria et National root crops research institute (NRCRI), Umudike Nigeria.
O’Sullivan JN. 2008. Root distribution of yam (Dioscorea alata) determined by strontium taker. Expl. Agric 44, 223-233.
Oyolu C. 1982. Inherent constraints to high productivity and low production cost in yam (Dioscorea spp.) with special reference to Dioscorea rotundata Poir. In J.Miège and S.N.Lyonga, editors, Yams. Ignames. Clarendon Press. Oxford, UK, 147-160.
Sedogo P. 1993. Evolution de sols ferrugineux lessivés sous culture: incidence des modes de gestion sur la fertilité. Thèse de Doctorat d’Etat, Université de Cocody. Doctorat d’Etat.
Vernier P. 1997. L’intensification des techniques de culture de l’igname. Acquis et contraintes in Berthaud J., Bricas., Marchand J.L. ” l’igname, plante séculaire et culture d’avenir”. Actes du séminaire international, 3-6 juin 1997.
Ettien Djetchi Jean Baptiste, Kouadio Konan-kan Hippolyte, N’goran Kouadio Emmanuel, Yao-Kouame Albert, Girardin Olivier (2014), Improving the performance of a traditional variety of yam produced under ferralsol poor in organic matter in the forest areas of Cote d’Ivoire; IJAAR, V4, N1, January, P76-84
https://innspub.net/improving-the-performance-of-a-traditional-variety-of-yam-produced-under-ferralsol-poor-in-organic-matter-in-the-forest-areas-of-cote-divoire/
Copyright © 2014
By Authors and International
Network for Natural Sciences
(INNSPUB) https://innspub.net
This article is published under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0