Effect of Farm-Yard Manure and Inorganic Fertilizer Application on the Coppicing Ability of Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Plantation at Gaya, Kano, Nigeria

The need to increase the yield of Moringa oleifera under plantation conditions owing to increased demand for its various products, occasioned by media campaigns on its medicinal and nutritional values, necessitated the investigation on the effect of applying Farmyard manure(FYM) and inorganic fertilization(NPK15:15:15) on its vegetative growth. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD). Four treatments where used and replicated five times. Leaf yield data were obtained by taking leaf count for (8) eight weeks. The data obtained was subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA). The result revealed that Moringa oleifera plant responded to the application of manure (7,6) and perform better than inorganic fertilization (2.8) and a combination of manure and NPK 15:15:15 (5.1) the control (4.7)is even more promising than inorganic fertilization. The results showed that the treatment differences are highly significant (P= 0.05). The findings of this research should be disseminated to farmers through extension services and media campaign. However, there is need for further research to identify the optimum levels of FYM per stand needed to promote vegetative