Performance of Irrigated Maize in A Crude-Oil Polluted Soil Remediated By Three Nutrients In Nigeria’s Niger Delta
Journal Title: American journal of Engineering Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
An in-situ simulated crude-oil polluted soil was remediated for 8 weeks by three different nutrients, and then used to plant maize (Farz 26) with a growth period of 14 weeks, with an irrigation depth of 4mm/day. Remediation consisted of the application of 16.667, 22.222, and 27.778 t/ha of NPK (15:15:15) fertilizer, spent mushroom substrate (SMS), and pig slurry (PS) to the polluted soil, laid out in randomized complete block design, with three replications, including a control that was neither polluted nor treated. Physico-chemical and microbial properties of the soil before and during remediation, and growth parameters of the maize were determined. Results indicated that 8 weeks after remediation, 27.778 t/ha of NPK, PS, and SMS reduced total hydrocarbon content (THC) by 87.3, 91.2, and 88.6% respectively. For maize, 14 weeks after planting resulted in a yield of 1.11, 1.20, and 1.17 t/ha from the soil remediated by 27.778 t/ha of NPK, PS, and SMS respectively, while the control yielded 2.58 t/ha. The difference in yields between the control and the remediated soils was significant at 5% level. The result indicated a 53.5% reduction in yield mainly due to the non-restoration of the soil to its original status.
Authors and Affiliations
Fubara-Manuel, I. ,, 2 Igoni, A. H. , 3, Jumbo, R. B.
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