%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Maggot Production Residue on Amaranth Growth Parameters
%A Idriss Hamidou Leyo
%A Zakari Moussa Ousmane
%A Dan Lamso Nomaou
%A Iro Dan Guimbo
%A Ila Ango Salaou
%A Fr¨¦deric Francis
%A Rudy Caparros Megido
%J Open Journal of Soil Science
%P 571-585
%@ 2162-5379
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojss.2022.1212024
%X Amaranth is one of the most consumed vegetables in Niger Republic because of its nutritional values. However, the production of this plant requires nutrient-rich soils that are becoming scarce in most agricultural soils in Niger. This study aims to evaluate the fertilizing potential of the maggot production residue of <em>Musca domestica</em> L. 1758 and bovine excrement on the agronomic parameters of <em>Amaranthus cruentus</em> L., 1759. To do this, four densities (50, 100, 150, 200 g) of maggot production residue and bovine excrement were tested. Stem length, neck diameter and leaf number were strongly influenced by the interaction of the type of treatment (maggot production residue and bovine excrement) and dose. Dose 50 and dose 150 gave the best performance in length and diameter respectively for residue (length = 42.24 ¡À 8.98 cm; diameter = 0.88 ¡À 0.17 cm) and bovine droppings (length = 39.29 ¡À 8.10; diameter = 0.98 ¡À 0.77). On the leaf number side, no significant differences were observed between the doses for the residue. For bovine excrement, this number was higher at the 150 g dose (28.12 ¡À 4.98). The effect of the residue and bovine excrement on each corresponding dose shows that, for the stem length, only the 50 g dose was statistically influenced by the latter (P &lt; 0.001). On the neck diameter side, only the 50 g and 100 g doses were statistically influenced by bovine residue and excrement (dose 50 g: P &lt; 0.001; dose 100 g: P &lt; 0.001). For each of these doses, the residue recorded the best performance both for the length of the rod and for the diameter at the collar. On the leaf number side, only the dose 50 g and 150 g varied statistically according to the type of fertilizer. At the 50 g dose, the residue recorded the largest number of leaves (27.10 ¡À 11.15), but the residue recorded the lowest number of leaves at the 100 g dose (21.01 ¡À 5.99). Foliar and root biomass varied statistically according to the dose within each fertilizer (foliar biomass: residue: P = 0.040; bovine excrement: P &lt; 0.001; root biomass: residue: P &lt; 0.001; bovine excrement: P &lt; 0.001). The highest leaf biomass was obtained with doses 50 and 150 respectively for residue (155.00 ¡À 33.91 g) and bovine excrement (123.20 ¡À 20.57 g). The 150 g dose gave the best root biomass performance for the residue. For bovine excrement, the dose of 150 g and 200 g gave (without any significant difference between them) the best performance in root biomass with 21.80 ¡À 5.48 g and 21.50 ¡À 4.74 g respectively. The effect of residue and bovine excrement on each
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%K Musca domestica&lt
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%K Maggot Residue
%K Amaranth
%K Fertilization
%K Niger
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=121783