EFFECT OF SELECTED MULCH MATERIALS ON YIELD PERFORMANCE AND VISCOSITY OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) IN OWERRI, SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA.
Abstract
This study was conducted in 2021 and 2022 early cropping seasons at the teaching and research farm of School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology owerri, to investigate the effect of selected mulch materials on the performance and viscosity of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in Owerri. The experiment was layout in a Randomized Complete Block Design with five (5) treatments, each replicated four (4) times. The treatments were palm bunch waste (PBW), palm kernel shell (PKS), dry banana leaf (DBL), Chromolenaena odorata leaf (COL) and unmulched (UM). The treatments were applied three weeks after planting. Growth and yield parameters measured include; weed fresh weight, plant height, leaf area, leaf abscission, number of fruits per plant, percentage moisture content, and fresh fruit co-efficient of viscosity. The result showed that plots mulched with PKS significantly (p<0.05) reduced weed growth compared with other mulch treated plots. In both seasons, PBW plots enhanced okra growth and yield significantly (p<0.05) compared with other treatments. Okra fruits from PBW plots had the highest value of co-efficient of viscosity (901.60), followed by COL (705.60), while the least value of 360.64 was recorded in the UM (control) plots.
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