scholarly journals Influence of NPK fertilizer and spacing on growth parameters of onion (Allium cepa L. var. BARI piaz-1)

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Nazmul Islam Mazumder ◽  
Tania Sultana ◽  
Prtitish Chandra Paul ◽  
Md Mahmud Al Noor

The productivity of onion crop is poor due to inappropriate management and agronomic practices in Bangladesh. To figure out the effect of NPK fertilizer rate and spacing on growth parameters of onion a field experiment was conducted. The treatments were consisting of N fertilizer (0, 80,120 and 160 kg/ha), P fertilizer (0, 30, 50 and 70 kg/ha), k fertilizer (0, 50, 75 and 100 kg/ha) and three plant spacing viz., 10 cm × 10 cm, 15 cm × 10 cm and 20 cm × 10 cm. The experiment was designed in RCBD with three replications. Analysis of results indicates that the interaction effect of NPK rate and spacing shows significant (P<0.05) effect on plant height. Highest plant height was obtained in 20 cm × 10 cm spacing and application of 160 kg N/ha, 70 kg P/ha and 100 kg K/ha respectively. Moreover, maximum number of leaves was also found by plants spaced at 10cm and application of highest dose of fertilizers. Lowest plant height and number of leaves was attained in 10 cm × 10 cm spacing and without NPK fertilizer application. The total result analysis reveals that best growth performance of onion was found from 20 cm × 10 cm spacing combined with 160 kg N/ha, 70 kg P/ha and 100 kg K/ha fertilizer amendment. Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.6(1): 19-25, April 2019

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Irwansyah Ardianto Sinaga ◽  
Mahdaena Mahdalena ◽  
Hamidah Hamidah

The Effect of Dosage of P and K Fertilizer on Growth and Production of Red Onion (Allium ascalonicum L.) Bima Varieties. The purpose of this research is to know the influence of P and K fertilizer application and the interaction of the two treatments on the growth and production of shallot plant. The study was conducted for 3 months, ie from July to October 2016. The research site on land owned by UPTB Samarinda Agriculture Training Center East Kalimantan Province. This study used Randomized Block Design (RBD)  with a 3 x 4 factorial experiment consisting of 4 replications. The first factor is fertilizer fertilizer P which consists of 3 levels: namely p0 (without fertilization), p1 (fertilization 1 gr / plant), p2 (Fertilization 1.5 g / plant). The second factor is the dosage of K fertilizer consisting of 4 levels ie k0 (without fertilization) k1 (0.5 g / plant) k2 (1 g / plant) and k3 (1.5 g / plant). The result of this research showed that the treatment of P (P) fertilizer had significant effect on plant height 2 and 3 MST, wet bulb weight and dry bulb weight and no significant effect on plant height of 4 MST, number of leaves, and number of tillers. While the application of K (K) fertilizer had significant effect on plant height and leaf number at age 2 MST and no significant effect on height and number of leaf aged 3 and 4 MST, number of tiller, wet bulb weight and dry bulb weight. There was no interaction between P and K fertilizer application.


Author(s):  
Syahruni Thamrin ◽  
Junaedi Junaedi ◽  
Irmayana Irmayana

The study aims to determine the effect of various doses of NPK fertilizer on the growth of Robusta coffee plant seeds.  The study was conducted at the screen house of the Department of Plantation Plant Cultivation at the Pangkep State Polytechnic of Agricultural.  The study uses a simple statistical analysis with a Randomized Group Design (RBD) pattern, which is to calculate the mean (average) of each experiment, which consists of 3 levels of treatment, namely: without applying NPK fertilizer (P0), NPK fertilizer application with a dose of 14 grams (P1), application of NPK fertilizer at a dose of 18 grams (P2), and application of NPK fertilizer at a dose of 22 grams (P3). The results showed that NPK fertilizer application had no significant effect on plant height, number of leaves and stem diameter of coffee plant seedlings.    But visually, the best treatment for plant height is NPK fertilizer with a dose of 18 grams (P2), for the number of leaves is NPK fertilizer with a dose of 22 grams (P3), and for the stem diameter all treatments are the same except for the smallest P1.


Author(s):  
James Flomo Gaydaybu ◽  
Moses Mulbah Waiwaiku ◽  
Philip G. S. Ndaloma ◽  
Francis Gbelee ◽  
Lamin K. M. Fatty

This research shows the effect of charcoal and NPK fertilizer on the growth of two pepper (Capsicum annum L) Varieties. The treatment levels were: control (no treatment), charcoal (2 tons ha-1), NPK 15:15:15(150 kg ha-1) and charcoal and NPK combination. The experimental plots were 32 in total with 1.5 squares meter each and treatments were replicated 2 times in each block with 4 blocks in total. The Factorial Design was conducted and fitted with Complete Randomized Block Design Method to assigned plots with treatments and pepper varieties. The growth parameters considered were: plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, leaves length, leaves width and plant diameter. The data analyzed indicated that Local pepper performed better than Jalapeno pepper for all treatments. For plant height charcoal plots performed better than control with these means 28 cm, 64 cm and 72 cm for date 1, 2, and 3 respectively (Date 1, 2 and 3 as 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting respectively). The Local pepper performed better than Jalapeno in growth with these plant height means 31 cm, 86 cm, and 96 cm for date 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Bigger stem diameters were recorded for the Local pepper and even wider leaf. The Local pepper performed better than the Jalapeno pepper at all levels of growth. The combination of charcoal and NPK had the best growth results over all the treatments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Ahmad Raksun ◽  
Moh. Liwa Ilhamdi ◽  
I Wayan Merta ◽  
I Gde Mertha

Pakcoy is one of popular vegetable croop in Indonesia. Effort to increase the growth of pakcoy can be done by fertilizing. Research on the vegetative growth of fakcoy due to different dosages of bokashi and NPK fertilizer has been carried out in Terong Tawah Village, Wes Lombok Regency. The objectives of this research were to determaine: (1) vegetatif growth of pakcoy due to different dose of bokashi, (2) vegetatif growth of pakcoy due to different dose of NPK fertilizer, (3) the effect of the interaction between bokashi and NPK fertilizer on pakcoy growth. In this research a two factor design was used. The first factor was the dose of bokashi and the second was the dose of NPK fertilizer. The growth parameters were plant height, number of leaves, leaf lenght and leaf width of pakcoy. The research data was analyzed using analaysis of variance. The result showed that: (1) different dose of bokashi significantly affected plant height, number of leaves, leaf lenght and leaf width of pakcoy, (2) different dose of NPK fertilizer significantly affected plant height, number of leaves, leaf lenght and leaf width of pakcoy, (3) interaction between bokashi and NPK fertilizer has no significant effect on all measured growth parameters.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 503
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mansur ◽  
Saefudin . ◽  
Fauzia Syarif

Leaf NPK fertilizer experiments on pitcher plant (Nepenthes neglecta and ventrata) conducted in May 2008 to March 2009 in a greenhouse, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong Science Center, Cibinong. The objective is to study the effect of leaves NPK fertilizer on the growth of the two Nepenthes species tested. Experiments using Random Complete Factorial Design with two factors, namely the two Nepenthes species and threedoses of fertilizer each treatment repeated six times. Growth parameters measured include; long shoot leaves, plant height, number of leaves, number of mature pitchers and growth pitchers. Results showed that the dose of NPK fertilizer provided (2 and 4 ml / lt) have no effect on plant height and number of leaves, but little effect on the number of mature pitchers thanthe control plants. The statistical tests also showed no interaction between the two Nepenthes species with a given dose of fertilizer on the growth of plants. Minimum-maximum temperature recorded in the greenhouse during the experiment was 22.20C and 38.50C. Meanwhile, air humidity between 43,6-64,7%.Key words: Leaf NPK fertilizer, plant growth, pitcher plant


Author(s):  
Irpan Gunawan ◽  
Atak Tauhid ◽  
Isna Tustiyani

<p><em>Cauliflower is one of the vegetables for consumers. The demand for cauliflower was rising so it must be scaled up with fertilizer. The purpose of this study was to study the effect of chicken manure and NPK fertilizer on the growth and yield of cauliflower. The study was conducted in Sukasenang Village, Banyuresmi Sub-district, Garut Regency from July to August 2019. The study used a Randomized Block Design (RBD) in two factors each of the 3 rates with 2 replications. The first factor was the rates of chicken manure which consisted of 0, 10 and 20 tons ha<sup>-1</sup>; the second factor was NPK fertilizer which consists of 0, 100 and 200 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>. The parameter of this research was plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, weight and diameter crud. The results showed that there was no interaction between the chicken manure and NPK fertilizer. The treatment of 20 tons ha<sup>-1</sup> chicken manure affected the variable plant height, the number of leaves and leaf area. The rates of 200 kg ha<sup>-1</sup> NPK fertilizer had affected plant height, number of leaves, weight and diameter crud.</em></p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghani Hendrika ◽  
Arifah Rahayu ◽  
Yanyan Mulyaningsih

This study was aimed at assessing the growth and production of celery plants grown with various compositions of N,P and K fertilizer and compost. The study was done at the Trial Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Djuanda University, Bogor fiom September to November 2015. A completely randomized design with two factors was used. The factors consisted of compost rate and N,P and K fertilizer rate. Compost was given in four levels, namely no compost (0% R), 26.3% gcompost/plant (50% R), 52.5 g compost/plant (100% R), and 78.7 g compost/plant (150% R). N, P and K fertilizer was given in five levels, namely no fertilizer (0% R), 4 g Urea, 0.3 g SP-36, 0.2 g KCl (25% R), 0.9 g Urea, 0.6 g SP-36, 0.4 g KCI (50% R), 1.3 g Urea, 0.8 g SP-36, 0.6 g KCl (75% R), and 1.7 g Urea, 1.1 g SP-36, 0.8 g KCl (100% R). All fertilizers were administered gradually at the time of planting and 2 weeks after planting. Three replicates were allocated into each treatment making up 60 experimental units. Results showed that celery plants given synthetic fertilizer at 100% R had higher plant height, number of leaves, number of seedlings, harvest fresh weight (g), saleable fresh weight (g), root biomass (g), and root dry weight (g) than those treated with no fertilizer (0% R). Plants treated with 150% compost had higher plant height, number of leaves, harvest fresh weight (g), saleable fresh weight (g), root length (cm), and root dry weight (g) than those treated with no fertilizer (0% R). Thus the best celery growth and production in this study was obtained on plant 150% R compost   and 100% R synthetic fertilizer nourished.Key words: celery, compost, N, P, K fertilizer, harvest flesh weight


2020 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
M. M. Olorukooba ◽  
R. Suleiman ◽  
O. Olukotun ◽  
R. Mohammed ◽  
E. Apene ◽  
...  

Field trials were carried out during 2018 and during 2019 dry season periods at Federal College of Forestry and Mechanization Afaka Kaduna, located between latitude 10° 35”N and longitude 007° 21”E at altitude 644 m above sea level, to determine the effects of organic manure source and weeding frequencies on growth parameters of jute mallow (Corchorus olitorious). The experimental treatments consists of ten combinations of poultry manure + weed free, cow dung + weed free, goat dropping + weed free, poultry manure + weeding at 2 WAT, cow dung + weeding at 2 WAT, goat dropping + weeding at 2 WAT, poultry manure + weeding at 4 WAT, cow dung + weeding at 4 WAT, goat dropping + weeding at 4 WAT and  no organic manure application + no weeding which were laid out in a randomize complete block design (RCBD) and replicated 3 times The growth parameters observed  and measured were crop vigour score, plant height, shoot diameter, number of leaves and number of  primary branches. Result of the study showed that at harvest (8 WAT) all the treatments significantly affected the vigour of jute mallow crop and gave comparable score than the least observed with no nutrient + no weeding as control. The result revealed that plant growth at harvest exhibited significantly taller plant with application of poultry manure + weeding at 2 WAT. In conclusion the result obtained from the study showed that poultry manure at 4 tons /ha + weeding at 4 WAT resulted in taller plant height, wider shoot diameter, increased number of leaves, number of branches than all other treatment due to lower weed infestation, it is therefore recommended as the best treatment combination to obtained the best growth rate of jute mallow.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob T. Bushong ◽  
D. Brian Arnall ◽  
William R. Raun

Preplant irrigation can impact fertilizer management in winter wheat. The objective of this study was to evaluate the main and interactive effects of preplant irrigation, N fertilizer application timing, and different N, P, and K fertilizer treatments on grain yield and WUE. Several significant two-way interactions and main effects of all three factors evaluated were observed over four growing seasons for grain yield and WUE. These effects could be described by differences in rainfall and soil moisture content among years. Overall, grain yield and WUE were optimized, if irrigation or adequate soil moisture were available prior to planting. For rain-fed treatments, the timing of N fertilizer application was not as important and could be applied before planting or topdressed without much difference in yield. The application of P fertilizer proved to be beneficial on average years but was not needed in years where above average soil moisture was present. There was no added benefit to applying K fertilizer. In conclusion, N and P fertilizer management practices may need to be altered yearly based on changes in soil moisture from irrigation and/or rainfall.


1980 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Greenwood ◽  
T. J. Cleaver ◽  
Mary K. Turner ◽  
J. Hunt ◽  
K. B. Niendorf ◽  
...  

SUMMARYSixty-one experiments with 15 levels of K fertilizer in the presence of excess N and P fertilizer were carried out on adjacent sites of the same field. Yield was always related to level of K fertilizer by a ‘diminishing returns’ type curve, and a derived equation, which defined relative responsiveness in terms of a single parameter, fitted the data for each crop very satisfactorily. Although the responsiveness of many of the crops was similar there were marked differences and the optimum levels of K (defined as the level at which a further 10 kg/ha increased yield by 1%) varied from 0 to 360 kg/ha, depending on the crop. Responsiveness was largely independent of the plant family to which the crop belonged, but was related to the mean plant weight atharvest; the larger the weight the less reponsive the crop. No general relation existed between responsiveness and duration of growth.The % K in the dry matter of leaves (including stems) at harvest of crops receiving the optimum levels of K fertilizer was mainly determined by the family. It was generally between 0·9 and 1·1 for the Amaryllidaceae, between 1·1 and 1·2 for the Leguminosae and between 1·9 and 2·5% for the Cruciferae. The difference between the % K in the dry matter with the optimum level of K fertilizer and that with no fertilizer was proportional to responsiveness. Percentage K at harvest was a good indicator of the extent to which crop growth was restricted by lack of potassium.At harvest crops receiving the optimum levels of K fertilizer contained between 29 and 220 kg/ha of K, but uptake increased asymptotically to a maximum as K applications were raised to higher levels. Maximum uptake for nearly all crops was almost double the uptake with the optimum fertilizer application.Percentage recovery of 100 kg/ha of added K fertilizer varied between 8 and 70%, roughly in proportion to the total crop dry weight, which varied between 1 and 15 t/ha.Effects of level of K fertilizer on crop quality were also measured and over the practical range of applications the effects were generally small.The differences between the K requirements of crops are discussed and it is argued that the responsiveness of one crop relative to that of another would be expected to be similar on a range of soils.


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