ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND THEIR EFFECT ON GRAIN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CABBAGE (Brassica oleracea L.)

Abstract:

Organic fertilizers are one of the alternatives in the group of products used in sustainable agriculture, primarily that which is obtained from organic sources of recyclable nature as compost and vermicompost. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of organic fertilizers on the growth and development of plants of green cabbage. The treatments applied were vermicompost, water hyacinth, and the combination 50% vermicompost and 50% water hyacinth control through a completely randomized design with four replications. The evaluated variables were plant height, leaf number, leaf length, leaf width, weight and circumference of cabbage. The results showed that the use of water hyacinth plants stimulated variables green cabbage plant height with 23.80 cm, number of sheets 11.16, along with 21.06 cm sheets, sheet width 17.43 cm and weight and girth cabbage with 55.53 g 388.86 cm respectively, without …

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2016

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