African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6837

Full Length Research Paper

Effects of lime and fertilizer on soil properties and maize yields in acid soils of Western Kenya

Peter A. Opala
  • Peter A. Opala
  • Department of Soil Science, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya.
  • Google Scholar
Martins Odendo
  • Martins Odendo
  • Kenya Agricultural Research Organization (KALRO), Kakamega, Kenya.
  • Google Scholar
Francis N. Muyekho
  • Francis N. Muyekho
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 20 February 2018
  •  Accepted: 13 March 2018
  •  Published: 29 March 2018

References

Ademba JS, Kwach, JK Esilaba AO and. Ngari SM (2015). The Effects of Phosphate Fertilizers and Manure on Maize Yields in South Western Kenya. East African Agric. For. J. 81(1):1-11.

 

Anderson JM, Ingram JSI (1993). Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility: A Handbook of Methods, CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 1993.

 

Bhargava CH, Subramanian KS (2017). Impact of Nano-liming materials on Biological Properties of Acid Soils Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Appl. Sci 6:451-457.
Crossref

 

Brady NC, Weil RR (2002). The Nature and Properties of Soil. 13th Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

Buni A (2014) Effects of Liming Acidic Soils on Improving Soil Properties and Yield of Haricot Bean. J. Environ. Anal. Toxicol. 5:248.

 

Dinkecha K, Tsegaye D (2017). Effects of Liming on Physicochemical Properties and Nutrient Availability of Acidic Soils in Welmera Woreda, Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2:102-109.

 

Fageria NK, Baligar VC (2003). Fertility management of tropical acid soil for sustainable crop production. In:Rengel, Z., ed. Handbook of soil acidity. New York, Marcel Dekker pp. 359-385.

 

Fageria NK, Baligar VC, Zobel RW (2007). Yield, Nutrient uptake and Soil chemical properties as influenced by liming and Boron application in a No-tillage system. Communication in Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 38:1637-1652.
Crossref

 

Fageria, NK (2008). Optimum soil acidity indices for common bean production on an Oxisol in no-tillage system. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 39:845-857.
Crossref

 

Goulding KWT (2016). Soil acidification and the importance of liming agricultural soils with particular reference to the United Kingdom. Soil Use and Manage. 32:390-399.
Crossref

 

Jafer DG, Hailu G (2017). Application of Lime for Acid Soil Amelioration and Better Soybean Performance in SouthWestern Ethiopia. J. Biol. Agric.Healthc. 7:95-100.

 

Kanyanjua SM, Ireri L, Wambua S, Nandwa SM (2002). Acid soils in Kenya: Constraints and remedial options. KARI Technical Note.11.

 

Kihara J Nziguhebab G, Zingore S, Coulibaly A., Esilaba A., Kabambef V, Njoroge S, Palm C, Huisingh J (2016). Understanding variability in crop response to fertilizer and amendments in sub-Saharan Africa. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 229:1-12.
Crossref

 

Kisinyo PO, Othieno CO, Gudu SO, Okalebo JR, Opala, PA, Ng'etich W K, Nyambati RO, Ouma EO, Agalo JJ, Kebeney SJ, Too EJ, Kisinyo JA, Opile WR (2014). Immediate and residual effects of lime and phosphorus fertilizer on soil acidity and maize production in western Kenya. Exp. Agric. 50:128-143.
Crossref

 

Kisinyo PO, Opala PA, Gudu SO, Othieno CO, Okalebo JR, Palapala V, Otinga AN (2015). Recent advances towards understanding and managing Kenyan acid soils for improved crop production 9:2397-2408.

 

Landon JR (1991). Booker tropical soil manual: A handbook for soil surveyand agricultural land evaluation in the tropics and sub-tropics. Longman Scientific and Technical publishers, Essex, New York 474p.

 

Merino-Gergichevich CM, Alberdi AG, Ivanov C, Reyes-D’ıaz, M (2010). "Al3+-Ca2+ interaction in plants growing in acid soils: Al-phytotoxicity response to calcareous amendments," J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr, 10:217-243.

 

Mohammed AA, Dikko U, Audu M, Mohammed T (2016). Effects of organic and inorganic soil amendments on soil reaction, exchangeable bases and cation exchange in Sudan savanna soils of Nigeria. Nigerian J. Agric. Food Environ. 12:95-103.

 

Moreira A, Fageria NK (2010). Liming Influence on Soil Chemical Properties, Nutritional Status and Yield of Alfalfa Grown In Acid Soil. R. Bras. Ci. Solo 34:1231-1239.

 

Nduwumuremyi A (2013). Soil Acidification and Lime Quality: Sources of Soil Acidity, Effects on Plant Nutrients, Efficiency of Lime and Liming Requirements RRJAAS 2:26-34.

 

Nziguheba G, Zingore S., Kihara J, Merckx R, Njoroge S, Otinga A, Vandamme E, Vanlauwe B (2015). Phosphorus in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: implications for agricultural intensification. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 104:321-340.
Crossref

 

Obiri-Nyarko F (2012). Ameliorating Soil Acidity in Ghana: A Concise Review of Approaches. ARPN J. Sci. Technol. 2:143:153.

 

Okalebo JR, Gathua KW, Woomer PL (2002). Laboratory methods of soil and plant analysis. A working manual. TSBF-CIAT, SACRED Africa, KARI, SSEA. Second edition. Nairobi.

 

Okalebo JR, Othieno CO, Woomer PL, Karanja NK, Semoka JRM, Bekunda, MA, Mugendi DN, Muasya RM, Bationo A, Mukhwana EJ.(2006). Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa. Nut. Cyc. Agroecosyst. 76:153-170.
Crossref

 

Ojiem JO, Palm CA, Okwosa EA, Mudeheri MA (2004). Effect of combining organic and inorganicP sources on maize grain yield in a humicnitisolinWestern Kenya. In A. Bationo (Ed.), Managing nutrient cycles to sustain soil fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Academy Sciences Publishers, Nairobi, Kenya. pp. 346-356.

 

Opala PA (2017). Influence of Lime and Phosphorus Application Rates on Growth of Maize in an Acid Soil. Adv. Agric. Article ID 7083206, 5p. 
Crossref

 

Quaggio JA, Gallo PB, Mascarenhas HAA (1995) Agronomic efficiency of limestones with different acid-neutralizing capacity, under field condition. In: Date R.A., Grundon N.J., Rayment G.E., Probert M.E. (eds) Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht.
Crossref

 

Smaling EMA, Stoorvogel JJ Windmeijer PN (1993). Calculating soil nutrient balances in Africa in different scales: II. District scale. Fert. Res. 35:237-250.
Crossref

 

Smithson P, Sanchez PA (2000). Plant nutritional problems in marginal soils of developing countries pp. 1-15. In N. Ae and Okada K. (eds). New concepts of plant nutrient acquisition. Springer-Verlag.

 

Warncke DD, Pierce FJ (1997}. Pelletized lime reacts slower than dolomitic ag lime. Crop and Soil Sciences Newsletter. 23 (231):4-6. Michigan State University.

 

Whalen JK, Chang C, Clayton GW (2002). Cattle manure and lime amendments to improve crop production of acidic soils in northern Alberta. Can. J. Soil Sci. 82:227-238.
Crossref