Influence of amendment type and re-cutting on biomass production and germination capacity of Artemisia annua L. in Burkina Faso
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Influence of amendment type and re-cutting on biomass production and germination capacity of Artemisia annua L. in Burkina Faso
Abstract
Artemisia annua L. is a plant containing artemisinin in its leaves, recommended by the world health organization (WHO) for the treatment of malaria through Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). This study was carried out to develop an efficient technique for producing aerial biomass and seeds with high germination capacity of the species. A factorial block design was used, with three replications and two factors, namely organic fertilizer with three modalities and the level of pruning, also with three levels. The results showed a significant difference (p<0.0001) between treatments and biomass production. Plants fertilized with compost and harvested at 20 cm from the crown produced more seed biomass and more above-ground dry biomass, with 12.690±0.66 grams per individual and 49.333±0.87 grams per individual respectively. The unfertilized, uncut control (28.086±0.64 grams) and the compost (28.255±1.47 grams) and Fertile Soil (9.689±1.12 grams) treatments cut at 10 cm from the crown did not produce good above-ground biomass. The results also showed that seeds from plants re-sowed at 10 cm from the soil and fertilized with compost germinated significantly (p<0.0001) more (79.33±1%) than non-re-seeded, non-fertilized control plants (55.33±3%). In summary, we can conclude that organic fertilization with compost and re-coring of plants at 10 cm and 20 cm from the crown respectively improved the germinative power of the seeds produced and above-ground biomass.
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