Influence of vermicomposition on the growth and yield of picking cucumber (Cv. Vantage / Taiwo P. Bamilde.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2009. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xvi, 59 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
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- 635.63 B21 2009
- College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)
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Thesis (BSA--Horticulture) Cavite State University
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College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)
BAMIDELE, TAIWO PHILIP, Influence of Vermicompost on the Growth and Yield of Pickling Cucumber. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in Horticulture, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. October 2009. Major Adviser: Dr. Arnulfo C. Pascual.
The study was conducted at Central Experimental Station of Cavite State University, SAICA Farmers' Training Center and Techno- Demo Farm, primarily to evaluate the effects of vermicompost on the growth and yield of Pickling cucumber. Specifically, it aimed to (1) determine the best level of vermicompost fertilizer suitable for the production of cucumber, (2) evaluate the growth and yield performance of cucumber applied with different levels of vermicompost and (3) determine the total cost of the production of cucumber with or without vermicompost and with inorganic fertilizer application. There were six treatments viz: control (Ti), vermicompost 0.5 kg 1m2 (n), vermicompost 1.0 kg /m2 (T3), vermicompost 1.5kg /m2 (T4), vermicompost 2.0 kg /m2 (T5) and inorganic fertilizer (T6). The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications and statistical analysis revealed there was a great significant difference among the treatments in terms of height of the plants, width of the leaf and fruits yield. Application of vermicompost and inorganic fertilizer significantly influenced the growth and yield of Pickling cucumber. Inorganic fertilizer showed better and yield than all the levels of vermicompost The result showed that among the levels of vermicompost used, plant performance and higher yield were obtained in vermicompost 2.0 kg/ m2 (T5) followed by vermicompost 1.5kg 1m2 (T4), vermicompost 1.0 kg /m2 (T3) and vermicompost 0.5 kg /m2 (T2) respectively. Plant performance was poorest in the control treatment (T1). The total cost of the study was P5, 893.75. The total cost of inorganic fertilizer used amounted to P533.75 and total cost of P 1, 875 vermicompost was used with T5 having the highest cost of P750 followed by T4, T3 and T2 with the total cost of P562, P375 and P187 respectively. The cost and return analysis revealed that the application of vermicompost was more expensive than using inorganic fertilizer for cucumber.
Submitted to the University Library 11/16/2009 T-4092