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Diagnosis and correction of soil nutrient problems of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. B. Smithson ,
O. T. Edje  and
K. E. Giller
J. B. Smithson
Affiliation:
SADCC/CIAT Regional Programme on Beans in Southern Africa, Agricultural Research Institute, Selian, Arusha, Tanzania
O. T. Edje
Affiliation:
SADCC/CIAT Regional Programme on Beans in Southern Africa, Agricultural Research Institute, Selian, Arusha, Tanzania
K. E. Giller
Affiliation:
Wye College, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK
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Summary

Stages in the diagnosis of an interveinal leaf chlorosis in bean in the Usambara Mountains of northern Tanzania are described. Leaf tissue analysis, soil analysis, a 25 factorial trial with treatments of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, the trace elements copper and zinc and lime at one location and data from a series of 43 factorial trials of N, P and K demonstrated the leaf condition to be due to potassium deficiency. Large growth and yield responses to N, P and K were recorded. The responses were accompanied by greater numbers of pods and seeds/pod. The application of N and K increased leaf concentrations of the respective elements but depressed the concentrations of other major and minor elements in leaves. There were no effects of trace elements or lime.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 120 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 233 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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