Assessment of residual effects of long term use of NPK: b formulation on tobacco yeld and quality in Tabora region

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dc.contributor.authorGido, Mapunda Hugo
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-03T12:09:12Z
dc.date.available2025-10-03T12:09:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionMaster's Theses
dc.description.abstractThe assessment of residual effect of long term use of NPK plus B formulation on tobacco yield and quality involved soil sampling from four districts; Urambo, Uyui, Tabora and Sikonge. There were two experiments each one with six treatments: pot experiment at ARI Tumbi had three replications while field experiment at Ntalikwa village had four replications. Data collected were; leaf length, green and dry weights grade index and nutrients concentration in plant leaves. The results showed that; total nitrogen was very low (0.03 to 0.18%). Phosphorus was low to medium (5.62 to 60.83 mg/kg soil). Exchangeable potassium was, low to very high (0.06 to 0.81), exchangeable calcium was very low to high (0.01 to 4.4). The cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the soils was low; 6.4 to medium 23.33 me/100 g soil. Tobacco grown in Isenga soils (sandy soils) and Kikungu soils (Alfisols) had good performance in T2 (40.5 mg N kg’1 ) while Tobacco grown in Mbuga soils (Vertisols) had good performance in T3 (recommended rate 300 mg N kg'1, 238 mg P kg'1, 598 mg K kg'1 and 3 mg B kg'1 soil). The increase in rates of NPK+B and CAN, Mg, Zn caused death of tobacco in treatments 4, 5 and 6 possibly due to B toxicity. In the field experiment the current formulation, T3 (NPK + B (10:18:24 +0.1 and 5 g CAN) produced below treatment 4, 5, and 6. Dry weight yield and quality increased in treatments with higher rates of NPK+ B formulation with Zn and Mg than the current recommendation. The highest yield was from T6 (2488.12 kg ha’1). Residual nutrients T1 yielded 1411.89 kg ha’1 of dry leaf of tobacco. In general, low residual nutrients in Tabora soils need new formulations which include Mg and Zn to improve yield and quality of tobacco.
dc.description.sponsorshipUncle Thadey Francis Ngonyani
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/7084
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSokoine University of Agriculture
dc.subjectLong term use- NPK
dc.subjectTobacco yeld
dc.subjectTobacco quality
dc.subjectTabora region
dc.titleAssessment of residual effects of long term use of NPK: b formulation on tobacco yeld and quality in Tabora region
dc.typeThesis

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