Abstract: The National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino III demands high quality, massive, and readily available planting materials. These issues are partly addressed by this study which involved the production of high quality seedlings through the utilization of Kalinga State University (KSU) bio-organic fertilizer. It sought to evaluate the effect of this bio-organic fertilizer on the growth of Antipolo and Dao. Antipolo and Dao are viable to germinate in shorter period of time, have quality products like timber and fruits. The populations of these species are quickly decreasing in Kalinga, Philippines.
The experiment was laid out following the Completely Randomized Design with four levels of bio-organic fertilizers as the treatments and a control. Each treatment was replicated four times containing 20 plants for every replication.
Four months after planting, it was found that Antipolo seedlings applied with varying levels of KSU bio-organic fertilizer had up to 25.87 percent more leaves, up to 26.15 percent larger stem diameter, and were up to 34.98 percent taller than those without bio-organic fertilizer. The Dao seedlings grown in soil media with bio-organic fertilizer had up to 57.93 percent more leaves, up to 41.37 percent larger diameter, and were up to 43.94 percent taller than those grown in the control. These quality seedlings demand higher price since they recover fast due to strong roots and have increased water holding capacity; and their hauling is economical because they are light.
Keywords: bio-organic fertilizer, Antipolo, Dao, potting media, number of leaves, height, diameter.
Title: Early Growth Performance of Antipolo (Artocarpus blancoi) and Dao (Dracontomelon dao) As Affected by Different Ratio of Potting Media
Author: Robert A. Rodolfo, Irene S. Calsiyao, Eden C. Camaddo, Julius Cris A. Dayao
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