A study was carried out at the teaching and research farm of the Agricultural Technology Department in Anambra State Polytechnic, Mgbakwu to determine the response of four varieties of cocoyam to liming in acid soils. The experiment was a 4 x 4 factorial experiment fitted into a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) replicated four times, sixteen treatment combinations, involving four levels of lime rates, 0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 tons/ha were used. Four local varieties of cocoyam (nach, nworoko, ugwuta and odogolo) was used as the test crop. F-LSD was applied to detect significant differences between two means at 5% probability level. Results show that growth parameters such as plant height and the number of suckers were influenced by the application of lime at 2 t/ha on the four varieties of cocoyam with odologo giving the tallest plant height at 1, 3 and 5 MAP (14.30 cm, 65.02 and 70.01). Odologo variety also gave a significant yield increase in the number of tubers per plant (17.84) and tuber yield (18.90 t/ha) at the rate of 2 t/ha. From the results shown, it is reasonable to recommend the use of 2 t/ha of lime in the cultivation of cocoyam in acid soils of south-eastern Nigeria.
Cocoyam, varieties, acidity, liming
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