GEOBIOS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 1and2

Effect of duckweed manure on growth and yield of chilli and brinjal plants

  • Author:
  • Bindu Pokharel Bhattarai, Sasinath Jha
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 31 to 34

Department of Botany, Post-graduate Campus, Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar, Nepal

*Corresponding author, e-mail: bindupokharel.bp@gmail.com

Online published on 28 June, 2017.

Abstract

The height, branch number, leaf number, leaf area, and leaf weight (dry) were significantly highest in both chilli and brinjal plants treated with duckweed manure at 7-day intervals. The best frequency of manuring for fruit production was 7-day intervals for chilli and 14day intervals for brinjal plants. The soil under manure treatment accumulated high concentration of P.

Keywords

Capsicum annum L, Solanum melongena L, duckweed manure