@article{Shu-aib Jakpa_Nyarko_Aidoo_2020, title={THE EFFECT OF DECOMPOSED SAWDUST AND RICE HULL AS GROWTH MEDIA ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CORCHORUS OLITORIUS}, volume={7}, url={https://udsijd.org/index.php/udsijd/article/view/434}, DOI={10.47740/434.UDSIJD6i}, abstractNote={<p>A research was carried out at the Nursery of the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Nyankpala<br />Campus, University for Development Studies (UDS), to evaluate how decomposed sawdust and rice hull affect<br />the growth and yield of Corchorus olitorius. Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications<br />was used for the experiment. Sawdust (SD), rice hull (R) that had been heaped for about eight months in Tamale<br />and topsoil (S, used as the control treatment) were collected and utilized as media for the growth of the Corchorus<br />plants. C. olitorius seeds were sown on the three media and three weeks later they were transplanted into<br />polyethylene bags. Findings of the study indicate that the treatments differed significantly (p < 0.05) in the<br />parameters used, and S performed best, which was followed by R. The findings nevertheless show that (sawdust)<br />and R (rice hull) can be used as growth media for Corchorus olitorius. More investigation should however be<br />done to find out how the duration of decomposition of sawdust and rice hull affects the growth and yield of C.<br />olitorius.</p><p><strong>Keywords: Corchorus olitorius, Decomposed, Growth Media, Optimum Yield, Growth Parameters</strong></p>}, number={1}, journal={UDS International Journal of Development}, author={Shu-aib Jakpa, S. and Nyarko, G. and Aidoo, A. E.}, year={2020}, month={Jul.}, pages={236–245} }