Owoade F.M., Adeoye G.O., Oluwa O.O.A., Olatunji O.O., Lawal B.A.
Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Owoade, F.M., Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Adeoye, G.O., Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Oluwa, O.O.A., Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Olatunji, O.O., Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria; Lawal, B.A., Department of Agronomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
Pot experiment was conducted at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan between November 2001 and March 2002 to determine the effects of different fertilizers on the performance of Aloe-vera using a completely randomized design with 19 treatments with four replicates. The fertilizer treatments were control (no fertilizer), 100 and 200 kg/ha of NPK 10-10-10, NPK 15-15-15 and NPK 27-13-13, 50 and 100 kg/ha N (Urea), 40 and 80 kg P 2O5/ha as sokoto rock phosphate. Others are 20 and 40 kg P 2O 5/ha as SSP, organomineral fertilizer grade A and B at 2 and 5 t/ha, 40 and 80 kg/ha K 2O as KCl fertilizer. Parameters measured were leaf length, leaf width, weight gained, number of leaves and number of shoots. Aloe-vera plant treatments with NPK 20-10-10 at 200 kg/ha were the most superior and significantly higher than other treatments in terms of weight, leaf length and leaf width.