ABSTRACT
The ethno-agroforestry practiced
by fanners who grow plantain {Musa AAB, false horn) in rainforest ecosystems
after clearing and burning of high forest vegetation in the Biase and Akamkpa
Areas ofCross River State, Nigeria was student. The activities ofthe fanners
from i forest clearing and burning sucker collection and planting, filed maintenance
to bunch harvest were monitored. Their perceptions ofthe practice and
ethno-agrofbrestry inputs such as ash inputs to the soil following burning and
influence of forest belts sunounding the plantain farms were identified and
discussed. Soil samples from adjoining forest and cycles of plantain farms were
analyzed. Woody plants in adjoining forest belts were identified. Growth and
yield parameters measured in sample clumps were; total number of leaves (TNL),
number ofsound leaves (NSL), number ofsenescing leaves (NSCL), number ofleaves
with tear (NLT), number of dead leaves (NDL), mean leaflength MLL mean
leafwidth (MLW) balsamiferum (2), Irvingia spp (0), Klaenedoxa spp (2) Lovoa
trichiloides (V) Militia excelsa \ r scleroxylon (2) and Funtumia elastica (0),
were identified in the forests surrounding the farms. Important soil nutrients
for plantain production were enhanced following slashing and burning
(K=0.45me/100gns, Mg=2.40me/100gms, Om% = 3.39, PH (H20) =6.43). Analysis of
variance of growth parameters in virgin forest land plantain (VFLP), forest
fallow land plantain (FFLP) and home garden land plantain (HGLP) showed that
TNL (7.55 to 7.90 ± 0.38) did not differ significantly in the three ecosystem
farms. Mean NSL (3.30 to4.90±0.38 ! I * ( \ NSCL (2.70 to 3.85 ± 0.23), NLT
(1.75 to 6.55 ± 0.32), NDL (5.65 to8.45±0.89), PG (33.90 to 69.59 ±5.19cm), PH
(2.07 to 3.3 ±0.16m) differed significantly (P=0.0I). pattern of development
ofthe different parameters though the growth cycle of about 12 months after
pseudostem girth (PG) and pseudostem height (PH), 43 woody plants including
high tariff I / .. ;■ .■ tj- -■ "'ll--!: . ■
'•> species such as Brachystegia spp
(1), Diospyros mespiliformis (1) Gosweilerodendron.
APOLLOS, A (2023). Studies Of Plantain Based Ethno-Agroforestry In The Rainforest Ecosystem Of Southeastern Nigeria: Meregini, Apollos Obioha A.. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/studies-of-plantain-based-ethno-agroforestry-in-the-rainforest-ecosystem-of-southeastern-nigeria-meregini-apollos-obioha-a-7-2
AGODICHI, APOLLOS. "Studies Of Plantain Based Ethno-Agroforestry In The Rainforest Ecosystem Of Southeastern Nigeria: Meregini, Apollos Obioha A." Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 20 Nov. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/studies-of-plantain-based-ethno-agroforestry-in-the-rainforest-ecosystem-of-southeastern-nigeria-meregini-apollos-obioha-a-7-2. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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AGODICHI, APOLLOS. "Studies Of Plantain Based Ethno-Agroforestry In The Rainforest Ecosystem Of Southeastern Nigeria: Meregini, Apollos Obioha A." Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 22 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/studies-of-plantain-based-ethno-agroforestry-in-the-rainforest-ecosystem-of-southeastern-nigeria-meregini-apollos-obioha-a-7-2