RESPONSE OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS) TO TERRALLYT-PLUS (SOIL CONDITIONER) APPLICATION IN CENTRAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

One of the known agricultural practices by which degraded soils can be restored and rehabilitated to an optimum level of productivity is by the use of synthetic organic materials, called soil conditioners. In a greenhouse experiment at the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, located in the Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone (Lat. 9o45'N. Long 6o7'E, Alt. 70.57 metres above sea level) the soil conditioner Terrallyt-Plus was evaluated on soils from three locations within the Central Zone of Nigeria. The results obtained indicate that the addition of Terrallyt-Plus did not improve the yield of maize or the status of the soils.