Volume 77, Issue 2, March 2025, Pages 225–235
Moussa Daouda Sanogo1, Fagaye Sissoko2, Youssouf Sogoba3, Salia Coulibaly4, and Issouf Kone5
1 Station de Recherche agronomique de Cinzana, Segou, Mali
2 Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique de Sikasso, Mali
3 Station de Recherche agronomique de Cinzana, Segou, Mali
4 Station de Recherche Agronomique de N’Tarla, Mali
5 Innovations in Development, Education and the Mathematical Sciences (IDEMS International), United Kingdom
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study is a contribution to fonio’s agroecological intensification cultivation. Objective is to propose innovative recommendation based on interaction between fertilization*seed rate *sowing arrangement to increase fonio yields. A factorial trial was set up in Mali. Paddy yield and plant density were evaluated. Treatment involving mineral fertilization was the most productive with 10% gain over those involving compost and 30% over those involving zero fertilizer. In zero fertilizer condition, the best treatment with 640 kg ha-1 yield paddy combine zero fertilization, 15 and 30 kg ha-1 seed rate and broadcast sowing. In mineral fertilization condition the best treatment with 1090 kg ha-1 combine mineral fertilizer, 15 and 30 kg ha-1 seed rate and broadcast sowing. In compost condition, the best treatment combine compost, 15 and 30 kg ha -1 of seed rate and broadcast sowing and compost, 1 and 2 kg ha -1 seed rate and line sowing, with an average paddy yield of 835 kg ha-1. Doubling seed rate does not affect paddy yield, but affects essentially plant density for treatments involving broadcast sowing. Treatments involving broadcast sowing with 30 kg ha-1 of seed rate have plant density higher than 46%, 71% and 88% then treatments including broadcast sowing, 15 kg ha-1 seed rate, line sowing and hill dropping sowing at a seed rate of 2 kg ha-1, respectively.
Author Keywords: broadcast sowing, hill dropping sowing, line sowing, mineral fertilizers, compost, interaction, yield and density.
Moussa Daouda Sanogo1, Fagaye Sissoko2, Youssouf Sogoba3, Salia Coulibaly4, and Issouf Kone5
1 Station de Recherche agronomique de Cinzana, Segou, Mali
2 Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique de Sikasso, Mali
3 Station de Recherche agronomique de Cinzana, Segou, Mali
4 Station de Recherche Agronomique de N’Tarla, Mali
5 Innovations in Development, Education and the Mathematical Sciences (IDEMS International), United Kingdom
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study is a contribution to fonio’s agroecological intensification cultivation. Objective is to propose innovative recommendation based on interaction between fertilization*seed rate *sowing arrangement to increase fonio yields. A factorial trial was set up in Mali. Paddy yield and plant density were evaluated. Treatment involving mineral fertilization was the most productive with 10% gain over those involving compost and 30% over those involving zero fertilizer. In zero fertilizer condition, the best treatment with 640 kg ha-1 yield paddy combine zero fertilization, 15 and 30 kg ha-1 seed rate and broadcast sowing. In mineral fertilization condition the best treatment with 1090 kg ha-1 combine mineral fertilizer, 15 and 30 kg ha-1 seed rate and broadcast sowing. In compost condition, the best treatment combine compost, 15 and 30 kg ha -1 of seed rate and broadcast sowing and compost, 1 and 2 kg ha -1 seed rate and line sowing, with an average paddy yield of 835 kg ha-1. Doubling seed rate does not affect paddy yield, but affects essentially plant density for treatments involving broadcast sowing. Treatments involving broadcast sowing with 30 kg ha-1 of seed rate have plant density higher than 46%, 71% and 88% then treatments including broadcast sowing, 15 kg ha-1 seed rate, line sowing and hill dropping sowing at a seed rate of 2 kg ha-1, respectively.
Author Keywords: broadcast sowing, hill dropping sowing, line sowing, mineral fertilizers, compost, interaction, yield and density.
How to Cite this Article
Moussa Daouda Sanogo, Fagaye Sissoko, Youssouf Sogoba, Salia Coulibaly, and Issouf Kone, “Evaluation of the effect of types of fertilization, sowing methods and seed rates on the yield and plant density of fonio (Digitaria exilis Stapf) in Mali,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 225–235, March 2025.
