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Title: | Application of Simplex Lattice Design in Maize Fodder Production |
Authors: | Cheruiyot, Joseph Kipyegon. Koske, Joseph K. Arap Mutiso, John |
Keywords: | Maize fodder Simplex Lattice Design Fertilizer components Model Mixture experiment |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | IISTE.ORG |
Abstract: | This study involved mixture experiment using simplex lattice design approach in cultivation of Maize crop with the view of optimizing the fertilizer components (dependent variables) on t he output parameter (maize fodder ). The objective of this study was to evaluate optimal sets of mixture of fertilizer components that coul d maximize the response variables of interest . Di - Ammonium P hospha te (DAP), Poultry manure , Sheep manure, and F armyard manure com ponents mixed in vari ous proportions in accordance with simplex lattice design were applied in p lanting hybrid maize seeds. W ith the application of the special cubic statistical model formulated, it was found that farmyard manure and poultry manure produced the optimal fertilize r condition. However, the this study further provided specific optimal fertilizer blend for ma ize fodder production as 8.0 tons ha - 1 of farmyard manure mixed with 1.212 tons ha - 1 of poultry manure. Under these conditions, a maximum outp uts 42 tons ha - 1 of maize fodder were realized. The study concluded that the formulation of statistical model for c rop production could be useful for prediction and evaluation of the effects of experimental factors. |
URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2808 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Biological and Physical Sciences |
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