Research Details
Performance of Solanaceous Vegetables as Affected by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Application During the Wet Season (Study 2)
Noralyn Legaspi, Marylis Nalundasan
Category: Study
Status: Completed
Duration:
January 1, 2014 -
June 30, 2016
Brief Description
This study is under the project "Increasing Wet Season Production of Solanaceous Vegetables Through Improved Cultural Management Practices".
Organic and inorganic fertilizer of varying rate, source and combination will be used as treatments in this study. For the organic fertilizer, commercially available or locally prepared materials will be used.
Treatments will be formulated with reference to the needs of each of the different crops. For this purpose, the area to be used will be identified earlier in order to collect soil samples as early as possible for analysis. Soil samples will likewise be collected after the experiment for analysis.
Major activities include:
- Land preparation, lay-outing, seedbed preparation, seed sowing and maintenance of seedlings; preparation of planting materials
- Field establishment (planting/transplanting, mulching, application of fertilizer, etc)
- Care and maintenance (irrigation, trellising, weeding, etc)
- Data gathering and harvesting
- Consolidation of data, statistical analysis and interpretation
- Technical report writing and presentation
Expected Output
To measure variability as an effect of the different treatments, growth and yield data will be collected, as follows:
- survival
- days to first flowering
- days to first and last harvestings
- occurrence of pests
- plant height at maturity
- yield and its components
- cost and return analysis
- soil analysis
