What is it about?
Compost releases nutrient to soil for plant uptake, increases soil organic carbon, aeration and water retention capacity and other soil physical properties. Water is essential for nutrient mobilization through the root to the shoot of plants. During drought, transport of water and dissolved nutrient through the xylem is limited. Compost is expected to improve water retension capacity of the soil coupled with slow nutrient release for plant uptake. This study was conducted to assess okra, a vegetable crop, growth and yield performace when water is withheld during vegetative and reproductive growth stages.
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Why is it important?
Compost improves soil physico-chemical properties and can serve as mulching material to reduce soil water loss due to evaporation. In our study, compost improved the recovery of okra plants after drought. The quantity of compost used played a significant role in the growth recovery and fruit yeild.
Perspectives
This article provides insight on how drought affects okra and cause yield loss. In this article, we demonstrated that drought at the reproductive growth phase is detrimental to okra's fruit yield. The type of compost material to adopt during drought occurence should have high water retention capacity and improve soil aeration.
Okechukwu Ezeh
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This page is a summary of: Ameliorative roles of compost on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) exposed to drought stress at vegetative and reproductive growth stages, Notulae Scientia Biologicae, December 2020, Society of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania,
DOI: 10.15835/nsb12410651.
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