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dc.contributor.authorShezi, N
dc.contributor.authorAdjetey, JA
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-23T10:31:47Z
dc.date.available2022-06-23T10:31:47Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-22
dc.identifier.citationShezi, N., & Adjetey, J. A. (2020). High Aluminium Concentration and Soil Acid Saturation Reduce Germination, Emergence and Seedling Establishment of Groundnut. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 24(2), 257-262.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1119-8362
dc.identifier.issn1119-8362
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v24i2.11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/13049/484
dc.descriptionThis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCL), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden_US
dc.description.abstractStudies on crop responses to soil acidity have largely neglected the germination and seedling establishment stages. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of soil acidity, including aluminium per se and acid saturation, on germination, emergence and establishment of groundnut seeds. Germination was carried out on groundnut cultivars Harts, Jasper and Rambo under 0, 50, 100 and 200 μM Al applied as Al2 (SO4)3.18H2O at pH between 4.2 and 4.5. Seedling emergence and establishment were examined in 0, 3 and 6 g of dolomitic lime per kg of soil, representing control, 50% lime requirement and 100% lime requirement, respectively. High Al concentration of 200 μM reduced germination, germination velocity index and seminal root length but had no influence on mean germination time of all groundnut cultivars. There were highly significant differences (P<0.001) in seedling emergence between non-limed and limed soils. Root length and mass were significantly (P<0.05) reduced at high soil acidity but the cultivar Rambo was least susceptible. We conclude that the germination, emergence and establishment stages were negatively affected by high Al levels and acid saturation but the cultivars showed different tolerance levels to high acid saturation, and proper liming can ameliorate the problems associated with these growth stages.en_US
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dc.publisherAfrican Journals Onlineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management;24(2), 257-262
dc.subjectAcid saturationen_US
dc.subjectAluminiumen_US
dc.subjectEstablishmenten_US
dc.subjectPeanutsen_US
dc.subjectToleranceen_US
dc.titleHigh Aluminium Concentration and Soil Acid Saturation Reduce Germination, Emergence and Seedling Establishment of Groundnut.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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