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The influence of organic fertilizers (cattle dung; CD & poultry droppings; PD) application on soil bioactivity and sustainable maize production in Nigeria floodplain was investigated. The experiment which was conducted at Ini wetland soil deployed the randomized complete block design with three treatments and two replications giving three main plots; cow dung- manured plots (CM), poultry manured plots (PM) and the control plots (C). Each plot was sectioned into nine subplots on which 81 mounds each were prepared for the cultivation of maize. Soil bioactivity was determined using standard bacteriological methods and the results revealed a higher activity in soil treated with 4500 kgha-1of CD and PD with remarkable loads of Total heterotrophic bacterial counts, THBC = log 7.04and 8.82, actinomycetes count, AC = log 6.16& 6.58, diazotroph bacteria count, DBC = log 5.00 & 5.59 and fungal counts, FC = log 4.95 &5.59 cfug-1 ) in fertilized plots during the 1st & 2nd cropping season (CS) respectively than in the control with 6.57 & 7.57, 5.36 & 5.52 , 5.44 & 5.59,5.4 & 5.29 cfug-1of THBC, AC, DBC and FC respectively. The increased in bioactivity led to a better nutritional status of the wet soil, and higher maize growth/yield. However treatments with poultry manure (PM) derived compost had higher grain yield; 4.04 + 0.10 t/acre compared to 3.61+0.31t/acre and 0.18+ 0.23t/acre recorded for cow dung (CM) derived composts and control respectively. Both manures gave remarkable improvements in soil quality and grain yield, and are recommended for sustainable production of crops (especially maize) in tropical wetlands.
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