Effect of Water Depth on Four Varieties of Rice in Jangwa Flood Plains, Awe Local Government Area of Nassarawa State, Nigeria
1 College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Lafia
2 Department of Soil Science and Land Resource Management, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State-Nigeria
3 College of Education, Oju
* Corresponding author: azagakued@soilsjournalnigeria.com
2 Department of Soil Science and Land Resource Management, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State-Nigeria
3 College of Education, Oju
* Corresponding author: azagakued@soilsjournalnigeria.com
Abstract
A pedological study was carried out on some low-lying land area referred to as Jangwa flood plains with a view to characterized and evaluate the effect of three (3) flood levels namely: toeslope, medium and levee flood levels on growth and yield of four (4) varieties of rice (Faro 44 maturing, FARO 52 and L-19 (FARO 60), medium maturing and late FARO 15 maturing) grown in the area.Field trialsand crop trials were carried out for 2015 and 2016 cropping season. Profile pits were sunk, giving a total of 6 profile pits. Soil samples were collected from different horizons, air dried crushed and sieved (d
Keywords
Effect water depth varieties Rice flood plains