UTILIZATION OF DRY SLUDGE POWDER ACQUIRED FROM X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS APPLIED ON MAIZE PLANTS TO REAP ITS BIOMASS
Abstract
This work was carried out to ascertain the performances of dry sludge powder acquired from X-
ray florescence analysis as a growth booster for Maize plant (Oba Sudan II) to reap its biomass. Soil pH, Nitrogen and Organic matter were investigated using different procedures such as potentiometrically, Micro-Kyeidahl and Walkley- Black methods respectively in synthetic bags. Soil and Poultry droppings were used as substrates; sludge was collected from water board Jos while the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) was carried out in ATBU Bauchi. The Maize seeds (Oba Sudan II) variety growth showed dry edges of leaves and stunted growth for A3, B3, and produced improve growth for Maize plants propagated using poultry droppings soil booster. The outcomes of AAS showed A3 with the following elements N-12.25%, P-12.48% and K- 4.30% while B3 indicated N-11.76, P-0.733% and K-15.48%. The soil depicted a pH of 6.36%, Organic matter of 4.27%, Nitrogen of 0.36% and loamy sand as soil texture. Poultry droppings recorded the following results; pH as 6.92%, Organic matter as 52.01% and Nitrogen as 2.45%. The height of maize plant under poultry droppings indicated significantly higher values than the height of maize plants under A3 and B3. The wet weight of the maize plants under poultry droppings showed significantly higher biomass production values when compared to maize plants under A3 and B3 treatments. The maize plant propagated under poultry droppings is better off, the powder in later field work should be in pellets form and hydroscopic in nature to ease application, health status of the user of the product.
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