GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF HOT PEPPER (Capsicum frutescens) FERTILIZED WITH FERMENTED PLANT MATERIALS
Modern Agriculture
• largely depends on chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides resulted in increased production but adversely affected soil productivity and
environmental quality
• continuous application of the chemical fertilizer cause soil acidity
• the applied nutrients just adhere on the soil and thus could not be absorbed by
the roots of the plants
• these fertilizers are also expensive which resulted to higher cost of production
that could not compensate by the crop yield
Fermented plant juice as foliar fertilizers
Locally available plant sources
Madre cacao
(Gliricidia sepium) Wedelia
(Wedelia trilobata) Acacia
(Acacia seyal) Santing
(Colopogonium muconoides)
Independent Variable Dependent Variable
Pinatubo variety (59.21cm) is much taller than the height of Red Hot variety (58.92cm) at 90 days after transplanting.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 14 26 33 52 56 59
Series2 14 20 34 50 55 59
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Appendix Figure 1. Average Height of Hot Pepper Varieties
15 DAT
A1
A2
30 DAT 45 DAT 60 DAT 75 DAT 90 DAT
The hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre Cacao Leaves
(62.88) is higher than the rest of the treatments. Combination of all FPJ
Materials (56.63) showed lowest performance among the fertilizers.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 13 21 32 52 55 58
Series2 13 21 41 48 54 59
Series3 13 21 33 52 56 60
Series4 14 22 32 52 55 59
Series5 14 22 34 54 59 63
Series6 12 19 29 49 54 57
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Appendix Figure 2. Average Height of Hot Pepper
at Different Fertilizer Sources
60 DAT 75 DAT 90 DAT 15 DAT 30 DAT 45DAT
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
Hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre Cacao Leaves showed better performance than the rest of the treatments.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 54 60 59 58 62 61
Series2 62 58 61 59 64 52
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Appendix Figure 3. Plant Height of Hot Pepper at 90 Days After Transplanting in cm.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Red Hot (A2) has the higher number of days from transplanting to flowering compared to Pinatubo (A1). This means that Pinatubo variety bear flowers
earlier than red hot variety.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 41 41 41 41 41 41
Series2 42 42 42 42 41 42
40.4
40.6
40.8
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41.2
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41.6
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Appendix Figure 4. Number of Days from Transplanting to Flowering.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Pinatubo had the longer number of days to flower than Red Hot. Hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Acacia Leaves and Banana Pseudo Stem
+ Madre Cacao Leaves showed early fruiting than other treatments.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 4 4 4 4 4 5
Series2 4 4 4 3 3 3
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Appendix Figure 5. Number of Days from Flowering to Fruiting.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Results and Discussions
Red Hot variety had a higher number of days from fruiting to harvesting compared to
Pinatubo variety. Plants fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Santing Leaves took
longer time on fruits to become matured resulting in late harvest.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 31 32 31 31 31 30
Series2 31 32 31 32 32 32
29
29.5
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31.5
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32.5
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Appendix Figure 6. Number of Days from Fruiting to Harvesting.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Results and Discussions
Pinatubo variety had higher number of branches compared to Red Hot. Hot pepper fertilized
with Banana Pseudo Stem + Acacia Leaves gave the higher number of branches and plants
being fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Santing Leaves had the lowest branches.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 6 5 8 8 6 7
Series2 7 6 6 7 7 6
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Appendix Figure 7. Number of Branches per Plant.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Data shows that Red Hot variety had a greater stem girth compared to Pinatubo variety fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Leaves.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 0.9 1 1.1 1.1 1 1.1
Series2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2
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0.8
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m G
irth
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Appendix Figure 8. Stem Girth per Plant in cm.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Results and Discussions
Results and Discussions
Pinatubo variety produced higher number of fruits compared to Red Hot variety. Plants fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre Cacao Leaves gave highest number of fruits per plant and plants fertilized with the Combination of all FPJ Materials had the lowest number of fruits.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 51 62 72 65 63 69
Series2 68 56 49 62 74 42
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Appendix Figure 9. Number of Fruits per Plant.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Pinatubo variety had a longer length of fruits compared to Red Hot variety. Hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Acacia Leaves produced longer fruits while plants fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Santing Leaves produced shorter fruits per plant.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2
Series2 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.0 4.9
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.0
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Appendix Figure 10. Length of Fruits per Plant in cm.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Heavier weight of fruits was noted on Pinatubo variety compared to Red Hot variety.
Hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre Cacao Leaves gave the
heaviest weight of fruits while plants fertilized with Combination of all FPJ Materials
have the lightest weight of fruits.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 93.3 122.3 151.3 126.3 124.7 139.2
Series2 126.6 107.9 92.3 124.9 144.5 82.0
0.0
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80.0
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Appendix Figure 11. Weight of Fruits per Plant in grams.
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3
Pinatubo variety had the higher yield per hectare compared to Red Hot variety. Data also shows
that hot pepper fertilized with Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre Cacao Leaves produced higher
yield and plants fertilized with Combination of all FPJ Materials produced the lowest yield.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Series1 3678 4509 5603 4679 4618 5155
Series2 4690 3997 3418 4624 5351 3036
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Yie
ld p
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In K
g
Appendix Figure 12. Computed Yield per Ha. In Kilograms
A1
A2
B4 B5 B6 B2 B2 B3
Growth and Yield Parameters Variety Fertilizer Interaction
Plant Height per plant ns ns ns
No. of days from transplanting to flowering s s ns
No. of days from flowering to fruiting ns ns ns
No. of days from fruiting to harvesting ns ns ns
Number of branches per plant ns s s
Stem girth per plant s s ns
Number of fruits per plant ns ns s
Length of fruits s ns ns
Weight of fruits ns ns s
Computed yield/Ha. in kilograms ns ns s
Comparison of net income in pesos per hectare ns ns ns
Average Summary of Results
Growth and Yield Parameters
Variety Pinatubo Red Hot
Plant Height per plant in cm. 59.21 58.92
No. of days from transplanting to flowering 41 42
No. of days from flowering to fruiting 4 4
No. of days from fruiting to harvesting 31 32
Number of branches per plant 7 6
Stem girth per plant in cm. 1.03 1.17
Number of fruits per plant 64 58
Length of fruits 5.18 4.96
Weight of fruits per plant in grams 127.18 113.03
Computed yield/Ha. in kilograms 4706.5 4185.5
Comparison of net income in pesos per hectare 376,540 334,877
Growth and Yield Parameters
Fertilizer B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6
Plant Height per plant in cm. 57.75 58.88 60.00 58.25 62.88 56.63
No. of days from transplanting to flowering
42 41 41 42 41 42
No. of days from flowering to fruiting 4 4 4 4 4 4
No. of days from fruiting to harvesting 31 32 31 31 31 31
Number of branches per plant 7 6 7 7 6 6
Stem girth per plant in cm. 0.98 1.14 1.16 1.13 1.06 1.16
Number of fruits per plant 59 59 60 63 68 56
Length of fruits 5.04 5.01 5.03 5.18 5.11 5.04
Weight of fruits per plant in grams 112.97 115.12 121.78 125.59 134.58 110.58
Computed yield/Ha. in kilograms 4184 4253 4510 4650.5 4983.5 4095
Comparison of net income in pesos per hectare
334,720 340,240 360,820 372,100 398,730 327,640
The yield performance showed no significant difference on varieties and fertilizer in terms of number of fruits per plant, weight of fruits per plant, yield per hectare in kilograms, and net income in pesos per hectare.
No significant difference on variety in terms of number of branches but noted its significant difference on fertilizer. Unlike the length of fruits that revealed a significant difference on variety but not in fertilizer.
There is an interaction effect in terms of number of branches, number of fruits per plant, weight of fruits per plant, and computed yield per hectare in kilograms compared than the rest of the parameters that showed no interaction effect.
Pinatubo variety showed better growth and yield performance compared to Red Hot variety. Banana Pseudo Stem + Wedelia Leaves as fermented foliar fertilizer was noted in high performance than the rest of all treatments.
Conclusions
There are no significant differences among the growth and yield performance of
two varieties of hot pepper.
The growth performance of hot pepper was not affected by varieties and fertilizer in
terms of plant height, number of days from flowering to fruiting, and number of days
from fruiting to harvesting. These parameters also showed no interaction effect.
Number of days from transplanting to flowering and stem girth per plant revealed
significant difference on varieties and fertilizer.
Recommendations
Given that growth and yield performance of hot pepper were
significantly affected by varieties and fertilizer in terms of the number of
days from transplanting to flowering and stem girth per plant, the use of
Pinatubo variety and application of Banana Pseudo Stem + Madre
Cacao Leaves is being recommended.
The use of Madre Cacao (Gliricidia sepium) Leaves as fermented foliar
fertilizer has a long term effect thus its utilization should be continually
evaluated.
Since the study was done in the dry season, it is suggested to undertake
the experiment during the rainy season.
Replication of the same study in other areas and field is also recommended
to the following: to future researchers as their guide in doing research; to
students of related courses as reference and source of information; and to
educators and others with concern on this study.
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