Optimizing sulfur fertilizer application rate for profitable maize production in the savanna agroecological zones of Northern Ghana

• Published in: Journal of plant nutrition Vol. 45; no. 15; pp. 2315 - 2331
• Main Authors: Agyin-Birikorang, Sampson, Tindjina, Ignatius, Fugice, Job, Dauda, Haruna W., Issahaku, Alhaji Rahman, Iddrissu, Mumuni, Singh, Upendra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 15.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Apparent nitrogen recovery efficiency; apparent sulfur recovery efficiency; Corn; Crop production; Crop yield; economically optimum fertilizer rate; Economics; Fertilizer application; fertilizer rates; Ghana; Grain; grain yield; maize yield; Mitscherlich equation; Optimization; plant nutrition; Plant tissues; Productivity; Profitability; Savannahs; savannas; soil; Soils; Statistical analysis; Sulfur; sulfur fertilizers; tissue sulfur concentration; Ghana

Although several studies have established the importance of sulfur (S) in increasing maize productivity in the savanna agroecological zones (AEZs) of northern Ghana, the economically optimum S application rate is still unknown. In a two-year study at eight locations across the AEZs, we determined th...