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Long-Term Restorative Farming Effects on Soil Biological Properties for Carbon Stock, Soil Quality, and Yield in a Nigerian Northern Guinea Savanna Alfisols

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Global hunger, malnutrition in Africa, especially Nigeria, is partly tied to soil quality and crop yield. Intensive cultivation results in soil quality degradation. Field trial was conducted adopting Randomized Complete Block Design with factorial layout replicated thrice. Two cropping systems under different fertilization was investigated: (a) maize at 45 and 90 kg N ha−1 (urea); manure-only (cow dung or poultry litter at 90 kg N ha−1); 45 kg N ha−1 (manure) + 45 kg N ha−1 (urea) and control; (b) maize-legume system (45 kg N ha−1 (legume) + 45 kg N ha−1 (urea)); legume with maize only; Centrosema pascuorum and cowpea (Vigna unquiculata) with maize. Phosphorus at 10 kg P ha−1 and 30 kg K2O ha−1 was basally applied to all systems. Soil sampling was done at maize tasseling and analyzed for selected soil properties. Significant (p ˂ 0.05) difference in manure-treated plots stimulated 27.12% biomass C, 36.07% biomass N, 6.07% biomass P, dehydrogenase 42.80%, β-glucosidase 17.12%, acid phosphatase 19.42%, and protease 51.56% in the soil better than all treatments and ameliorated soil acidity with low organic carbon sequestered (2.08–2.79 g kg−1). Centrosema pascuorum–treated plots sequestered 577.77 t C ha−1 carbon stock. Grain yield of 2.582 t ha−1 was obtained under mineral fertilizer at 90 kg N ha−1. Best quality (SQ1) was ascribed to manure (45 kg urea + 45 kg poultry/cow dung – N (1.5 t ha1)). Thus, organic amendment with mineral fertilizer is recommended for restoration.

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Chinke, N.M., Odunze, A.C., Amapu, I.Y., Chude, V.O. (2023). Long-Term Restorative Farming Effects on Soil Biological Properties for Carbon Stock, Soil Quality, and Yield in a Nigerian Northern Guinea Savanna Alfisols. In: Babalola, O.O., Ayangbenro, A.S., Ojuederie, O.B. (eds) Food Security and Safety Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09614-3_18

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