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Effects of Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on the Growth of Juvenile Oreochromis Shiranus

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dc.contributor.author Matsimbe, M
dc.contributor.author Kapute, F
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-01T20:19:50Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-01T20:19:50Z
dc.date.issued 2011-12-20
dc.identifier.citation Matsimbe M. & Kapute F. (2011). Effects of Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on the Growth of Juvenile Oreochromis Shiranus. Effects of Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on the Growth of Juvenile Oreochromis Shiranus. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1997-0455
dc.identifier.uri 192.168.2.8:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/147
dc.description.abstract The experiment to investigate the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on primary production and growth of Oreochromis shiranus was conducted in fifteen 3m2 concrete tanks at the Aquaculture Fish Farm, Bunda College, University of Malawi. Fish with mean weight of 8 ± 1g were stocked at 30fish/m2. There were five treatments (inorganic and feed, inorganic only, chicken manure and feed, chicken manure only, and feed only) which were replicated three times. After 84 days, fish raised on chicken manure and feed were significantly (P<0.05) larger and had higher net annual yields than the rest of the treatments. For treatments with either feed and fertilizer only, organic fertilizer had the highest fish growth rate and primary production. Significantly (P<0.05) higher amounts of chlorophyll a were produced in tanks fertilized with chicken manure. Overall, results obtained in this study, suggest that the use of chicken manure only, chicken manure and feed combination produces better results than inorganic fertilizer with either feed or no feed combination. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Effects of Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on the Growth of Juvenile Oreochromis Shiranus en_US
dc.subject Fertilization, organic fertilizer, inorganic fertilizer, Oreochromis shiranus, chlorophyll en_US
dc.title Effects of Organic and Inorganic fertilizers on the Growth of Juvenile Oreochromis Shiranus en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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