The Effect of Compost Use with Effective Micro-Organisms (EM) On Grain and Biomass Yield of Wheat Cultivated In Tigray, Ethiopia
Gebrejewergs Aredehey and Daniel Berhe
Full Length Research Paper I Published September,2016
Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology
ABSTRACT
Effective Micro-Organisms (EM) has been introduced to
Ethiopia for use in several activities, for example, to
increase the organic compost quality. However, there are no
studies about effects of compost with EM use in Tigray
cultivated with wheat. This paper is aimed to evaluate the
effect of compost with EM use on productivity of biomass and
grain of wheat cultivated on two places of Tigray region (Maimegelta’s
kebele Farmers Training Center (FTC) and Illala research
site). A field experiment designed in randomized complete
blocks (RCBD) with three replications was conducted to
examine the study. The treatments included: (1) control, (2)
recommended chemical fertilizer (100 kg ha-1 of
urea and 100 kg ha-1 of DAP) (3) Compost with EM
(5 t ha-1) and compost without EM (5 t ha-1).
The variance analysis showed that there was no significant
difference among treatments studied at 5% significant level.
Although there were no significant differences between
treatments studied, the highest increment in wheat grains
yield was obtained for treatments with the use of compost
with EM. Therefore, in conditions that this study was
performed, compost with EM could be used in agricultural
soils of these two areas in order to wheat production and to
reduce costs with chemical fertilizer use.
Key Words: Chemical Fertilizer,
Wheat Production, Compost, Dryland Area and Tigray.
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