WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine
Print ISSN: 1109-9518, E-ISSN: 2224-2902
Volume 13, 2016
Influence of Bokashi Fertilizers on Soil Chemical Properties, Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) Yield Components and Production
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Abstract: The application of bokashi may improve soil chemical properties and beneficial to crop production. This research aimed to examine the effect of various bokashi (compost) fertilizers composted from agricultural wastes on soil chemical properties and the yield of soybean. The experiment consisted of 5 organic fertilizer (bokashi) treatments, namely: without Bokashi fertilizer (M0), Bokashi “komba-komba” (Chromolaena odorata)(M1), Bokashi “water hyacinth” (Eichornia crassipes)(M2), Bokashi sago dregs (M3), and Bokashi burned-rice husk (M4), arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD), with three replicates. Research data were analyzed using analysis of variance and treatment means were compared using Honestly Significant Difference (HSD). Research results showed that bokashi fertilizers improve soil chemical properties. Different bokashi fertilizers gave different effects on yield components and production of soybean, as well as on several soil chemical properties. Bokashi burned-rice husk (M4) and bokashi sago dregs (M3) give the best influence on the yield components and production of soybean, which reached about 3.1 tonnes per hectare, an increase of approximately 30% compared to the treatment of without Bokashi which only reached 2.4 tons per hectare. The use of bokashi could help overcoming environment pollutions caused by agriculture wastes. Soil amendment with bokashi may be a practicable and an environmentally friendly alternative for traditional farmers who own marginal farmlands.
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Pages: 134-141
WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-9518 / 2224-2902, Volume 13, 2016, Art. #16