THE EFFICIENCY OF NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF PECHAY

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the efficiency of NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER on pechay (Brassica rapa), particularly on its growth and yield performance. The study was conducted at Children Joy Foundation, INC. Indangan, Davao City, with a duration of 2 months which started from November to December 2022. A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used as the experimental design which was composed of six treatments, and replicated three times. The treatments were: (T ) Control, (T ) RR of inorganic NPK fertilizer 1 2 based on soil analysis, (T ) RR of inorganic NPK + 0.5 rr of NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER , (T ) RR of 3 4 inorganic NPK + rr of NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER , (T ) RR of inorganic NPK + 1.5 rr of NANOTECH 5 FOLIAR FERTILIZER, and (T ) rr of NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER. Data on growth and yield components 6 were gathered and analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and differences between treatments were compared using Honest Significant Difference (HSD) Test. Results showed that the growth and yield performance of pechay were significantly affected by ESSEGRO NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER in terms of root length and pechay yield, but not plant height, leaf length and width and number of leaves. This study indicated that T3 – (RR of inorganic NPK + 0.5 rr of ESSEGRO NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER) significantly increased pechay yield by 100 % more compared to the control or no application. It was further confirmed that T4 – ( RR of inorganic NPK + rr of ESSEGRO NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER) had the longest root length which was substantially greater than T2 = RR of inorganic NPK fertilizer based on soil analysis. This implies that supplementing pechay with ESSEGRO NANOTECH FOLIAR FERTILIZER improves growth and yield performance.