Abstract: Field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Agricultural Technology, Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State in 2018 cropping season with the view to find out the influence of spacing on the growth and yield parameters of soybean. The experiment was carried out with four treatments (35 x 20 cm, 40 x 25 cm, 45 x 30 cm and 50 x 35 cm) replicated four times. Result obtained showed that spacing have influence on the growth and yield parameters of soybean. The results showed that wider spacing or low plant population densities (45 x 30 cm and 50 x 35 cm) encourages the growth and yield parameters of soybean in Bali. This was because the plant have enough space to utilize growth resources very well leading to good growth and finally the yield. All the parameters measured performed better at spacing of 50 x 35 cm followed by 45 x 30 cm. Therefore, considering the spacing that perform better (50 x 35 cm) in this research, farmers should adopt wider spacing with appropriate weed control for good growth and yield parameters of soybean in Bali, Taraba State and its environs.
Keywords: Growth, Evaluation, Parameters, Row spacing, Soybean.
Title: Evaluation of Varying Row Spacing as it Affect the Growth and Yield Parameters of Soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) at Bali, Taraba State
Author: Talaka, A., D. F. Cherry, J. P. Tukura
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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