@article{Isyaku_Yakubu_Muhammad_Hamza_Zamfara_2020, title={EFFECT OF TRANSPLANTING METHODS, NP- FERTILIZER RATES ON CANOPY WIDTH OF FEMALE DATE PALM (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L.) OFFSHOOT}, volume={4}, url={https://fjs.fudutsinma.edu.ng/index.php/fjs/article/view/194}, DOI={10.33003/fjs-2020-0402-194}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Studies on the effect of transplanting methods and NP – fertilizer rates on canopy width of a female date palm offshoot have been conducted over a period of 25 months (September, 2017 – September 2019). The trial was sited at the Date Palm Research Sub – station/ Federal University Dutse (11</strong><strong><sup>o</sup></strong><strong>50’N, 09</strong><strong><sup>o</sup></strong><strong>25’E) in the Sudan Savanna ecological zone of Nigeria. </strong><strong>The treatments consisted of two transplanting methods (Direct: detachment of offshoot from the parent palm and directly transplanting into the field, and Indirect: detachment of offshoot from the parent palm and keeping in the nursery for 3 months before transplanting into the field) and five NP fertilizer rates Control (0g N + 0g P), 80g N + 40g P, 160g N + 80g P, 240g N +120g P and 320g N + 160g P) arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications.</strong><strong>&nbsp;Canopy width was measured and recorded at three months’ interval starting from September, 2017 to September 2019.</strong> I<strong>ndirect transplanting of date palm through nursery proved more effective than direct transplanting as it produces statistically wider canopies in all the sampled periods. Rate 320g N +160g P statistically outperformed other rates in promoting wider canopies throughout the sampling periods. A combination of indirect transplanting method with rate 320g N +160g P that produced wider canopies is recommended for adoption&nbsp; in the Sudan Savannah ecological zone of Nigeria.</strong></p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES}, author={IsyakuM. S. and Yakubu, Haruna and MuhammadA. M. and HamzaA. M. and ZamfaraM. I.}, year={2020}, month={Jul.}, pages={519 - 522} }