Habiba Maikudi MUHAMMED
Department of Biological Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
University, Lapai – Niger State
Usman Ibrahim HAMZA
Department of Biological Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
University, Lapai – Niger State
Hadiza ISYAKU
Department of Biological Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
University, Lapai – Niger State
Donadeen OLACHI
Department of Biological Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
University, Lapai – Niger State
https://doi.org/10.47743/jpd.2021.28.1.872
Keywords: blight disease, okra, organic compost,
suppression, tomato.
Abstract: Organic composts are derived from plant
and animal wastes as substrates in the control of blight disease
of vegetable crops; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and
okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) plants were evaluated.
Cow dung, sawdust, rice husk, poultry droppings and goat dung
were collected from the agricultural research farm Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida university Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria. The organic
matter were allowed to decompose watered daily for twenty four
days to foster the microbial activities of the composts. Three
kilogram (3 kg) of sterilized topsoil was bulked with the compost
at 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 g and allowed to decomposed for the
period of 10 days respectively. At 200 g and 250 g the suppression
was significantly different (P= 0.05) than other lower quantities.
Goat dung gave the highest suppression of 88.2% followed by rice
husk (85.0%). At 250 g it was 99.0%, 93.7%, 93.7%, 84.0%, and
94.7% with poultry droppings, rice husk, cow dung, saw dust and
goat dung respectively. Goat dung amended soil gave the best blight
disease suppression (88.2%) in okra and poultry droppings gave
the best in tomato (99.0%). A good combination of compost consisting
of goat dung and poultry droppings is recommended for the suppression
of blight disease in tomato and okra plants.
How to cite this article:
MUHAMMED H. M., HAMZA U. I., ISYAKU H. & OLACHI D. 2021. Organic
compost control of blight disease of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants. J. Plant
Develop. 28: 123-127.
https://doi.org/10.47743/jpd.2021.28.1.872
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