Effects of Residual Fertility and Cowpea Residues on Succeeding Maize Growth and Yield in Ghana

A field experiment was conducted at the Plantation Section of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana during the minor cropping season of 2014. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of residual nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer and cowpea residues on the growth and yield of the succeeding maize crop in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana. The experiment was a 5