A SIMULATE PLANT GROWTH RESPONSE TO BIOCHAR ON UPLAND RICE-COWPEA INTERCROP IN A FERRIC LUVISOLS SOIL IN GHANA
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Keywords: Agricultural Production Systems sImulator (APSIM), soil layer, biochar, amendmentAbstract
A field experiment was conducted on a ferric luvisols in the Guinea Savannah
zone, to compare the growth and yield of rice-cowpea intercrop in which three different
biochar sources (groundnut shells, poultry manure, and corn cobs) was enhanced with
inorganic fertilizer to boost their cowpea N and P content and were integrated into the soil
at a rate of 5 t ha-1 with a depth of 20 cm. It was carried out in 2018-2019 cropping season.
A randomized complete block with 4 replications was used. The Agricultural Production
Systems Simulator (APSIM) was tested against this dataset. The effect of biochar
treatments greatly increases growth of rice. The model performed better in simulating the
experimental P response of the upland rice at high N levels. The yield of rice was
predicted (r2=0.74 and 0.85) in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Biochar amendments to input
parameters for the P model, particularly in relation to P amount and uptake for
subterranean soil layers were enhanced and fit between experimental and predicted results.
The findings showed that cowpea intercrop could be combined with three different sources
of biochar to improve soil fertility and crop productivity in areas where N and P are
restricted. APSIM performed well in predicting the growth of cowpea well-supplied with
P, and the residual biochar and N benefits to a succeeding upland rice crop, including the
response to additional inputs of N fertilizer.
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Blake, G. R. (1965). Bulk density. Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 1 Physical and Mineralogical Properties, Including Statistics of Measurement and Sampling, 9, 374-390.
Blake, G. R., & Hartge, K. H. (1986). Particle density. Methods of soil analysis: Part 1 physical and mineralogical methods, 5, 377-382.
Bremner, J. M. (1965). Total nitrogen. Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2 Chemical and Microbiological Properties, 9, 1149-1178.
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FAO-UNESCO, 1988; Soil map of the world (Revised legend)
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Probert, M. E., Dimes, J. P., Keating, B. A., Dalal, R. C., & Strong, W. M. (1998). APSIM's water and nitrogen modules and simulation of the dynamics of water and nitrogen in fallow systems. Agricultural systems, 56(1), 1-28.
Puziy, A. M., Poddubnaya, O. I., Martı́nez-Alonso, A., Suárez-Garcı́a, F., & Tascón, J. M. D. (2002). Characterization of synthetic carbons activated with phosphoric acid. Applied surface science, 200(1-4), 196-202.
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Shamudzarira, Z., & Robertson, M. J. (2002). Simulating response of maize to nitrogen fertilizer in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Experimental Agriculture, 38(1), 79-96.
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Tsubo, M., Walker, S., & Ogindo, H. O. (2005). A simulation model of cereal–legume intercropping systems for semi-arid regions: I. Model development. Field crops research, 93(1), 10-22.
Verheijen, F., Jeffery, S., Bastos, A. C., Van der Velde, M., & Diafas, I. (2010). Biochar application to soils. A critical scientific review of effects on soil properties, processes, and functions. EUR, 24099, 162.
Walkley, A., & Black, I. A. (1935). Organic carbon in methods of soil water analysis. Chemical and microbiological properties. Part, 2.
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Frimpong-Manso, J., & Abdul-Ganiyu, S. (2022). A SIMULATE PLANT GROWTH RESPONSE TO BIOCHAR ON UPLAND RICE-COWPEA INTERCROP IN A FERRIC LUVISOLS SOIL IN GHANA. Proceedings of the International Conference on Agriculture, 6(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.17501/26827018.2021.6101
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