Fertilizer and spacing test of sincamas (pachyruhizus erosus (Linn.)

Date

6-1968

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Agronomy

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Teodoro G. Cadiz

Abstract

A 3 x 5 factorial experiment was conducted in 1968 to determine the effect of spacing and fertilizer on the yield of sincamas (Pachyrrhizus erosus (Linn.) Urb.) planted on Lipa clay loam soil at Los Baños, Laguna.

The farthest spacing gave the largest leaf size, longest vine and the highest yield. The 180-0-0 NPK kg. per hectare treatment produced the best in these characters.

Closer spacing affected the percentage of non-marketable roots. An increase in plant spacing resulted in a corresponding increase in the percentage of marketable roots.

Regardless of spacing treatments, those treated with 180 kg. N per hectare gave a significant increase in polar dimension of the roots. However, those that received 90 kg. N per hectare gave a significant increase in the equatorial dimension of the roots.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1968 A42 U23

Document Type

Thesis

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