Response of soil chemical properties and lakatan (Musa acuminate Colla.) fruit yield to enriched cattle blood fertilizer (4.5-0.0-6.0)

Date

4-2013

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Soil Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Reynaldo A. Comia

Abstract

Abstract: Using by-products of animal origin as fertilizer represents a valuable recycling strategy. This study compared the response of soil chemical properties and growth and yield of Lakatan (Musa acuminata Colla.) to single and combined applications of different rates of enriched cattle blood fertilizer (BF) (4.5-0.0-6.0) and urea (45-0-0). Initial soil sampling revealed good indigenous nutrient supply with moderate levels of acidity, organic matter content (%OM), total Nitrogen (%N), and exchangeable Potassium (cmol K), and high available Phosphorus (ppm P). Final levels of %OM, ppm P, and cmol K remained on the same level as those in the initial and did not differ significantly between treatments. %N decreased significantly with half rate of BF in T2. Soil pH was consistently lower in both extraction methods when BF was applied in higher rate though not significantly different. Combining BF with urea (T4) showed significantly different lower soil pH which became more acidic when rate of urea increased. Applying BF singly in half or full rate showed no significant difference in yield. T4 showed consistent significantly different values with the highest yield (19.683 t green fruits/ha), total fruit sugar (74.297%) and the more number of suckers per hill (7.580) ix given the shortest number of days from planting to full flowering (261.333 days) compared to those of the control. A partial synchronization of nutrient release and physiological need of Lakatan was achieved through use of blood fertilizer and urea with different release characteristics.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 A3 /B45

Document Type

Thesis

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