<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">EJSS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Eurasian Journal of Soil Science</journal-title><journal-title-abbreviation>Eurasian J Soil Sci</journal-title-abbreviation></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2147 - 4249</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-url-doi>http://ejss.fesss.org/10.18393/ejss.589439</article-url-doi><article-doi>10.18393/ejss.589439</article-doi><article-title>Neem leaf and poultry manures soil amendment on growth and yield of Telfairia occidentalis</article-title><article-yazar>Norah Godwin Ekanem norahgodwin75@yahoo.com</article-yazar><article-yazar>Leonard Itsede Akpheokhai </article-yazar><article-vol>8</article-vol><article-issue>4</article-issue><article-pages>313 - 320</article-pages><article-manuscript-submitdate>2018-10-31</article-manuscript-submitdate><article-manuscript-accepteddate>2019-07-07</article-manuscript-accepteddate><article-manuscript-articlepublisheddate>2019-07-09</article-manuscript-articlepublisheddate><article-manuscript-issuepublisheddate>2019-09-30</article-manuscript-issuepublisheddate><article-copyright> Copyright © 2016 The authors and Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies </article-copyright><article-abstract>Telfairia occidentalis is a widely used leafy and seed vegetable in West Africa and adequate soil fertility management is essential for its higher productivity.  Field experiments were conducted on neem leaf and poultry manures soil amendment to assess the growth and yields of Telfairia occidentalis between 2013 and 2014 cropping seasons.  The experiment was laid out in a randomised complete block design with four replications to include 5 t ha-1 of neem leaf manure (NLM), 5 t ha-1 of poultry manure (PM), 2.5 t ha-1 of neem leaf manure plus 2.5 t ha-1 of poultry manure (NLM+PM) and control.  Data collected on vegetative and yield related components were subjected to analysis of variance at p</article-abstract><article-keywords>Fluted pumpkin, organic source, growth characters, yield components.</article-keywords></article-meta></front></article>