Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth and quality of peppermint (Mentha piperita). The field experiment was carried out in randomized complete block design with 3 treatments and 4 replicates in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 2017. Treatments were: 1- control, 2- sunshine organic fertilizer, 3- urea. Peppermint vine cuttings of 10cm were planted into 12 tilled beds (8m2) with Sunshine organic fertilizer applied two weeks before planting on four beds and Urea applied two weeks after planting on four beds and four beds devoid of any fertilizer application. The result showed that the Application of Sunshine organic fertilizer and Urea significantly enhanced vegetative growth parameters. The effect was maximal with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer with respect to the number of leaves, the number of tendrils, fresh weight, and dry weight as compared with the application of Urea and Control. The result also showed that Control produced better proximate content as compared with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer and Urea. However, the application of Urea and Control produced better mineral content as compared with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer. Application of Sunshine organic fertilizer produced better phytochemical content in the peppermint leaves as compared with the application of Urea and Control. The effect was maximal with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer with respect to Tannin, Flavonoids, and Saponin as compared with the application of Urea and Control.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Sunshine organic fertilizer significantly enhanced vegetative growth.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINT
Mentha ×piperitat0 - Treatment
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth parameterse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“Application of Sunshine organic fertilizer and Urea significantly enhanced vegetative growth parameters”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea significantly enhanced vegetative growth.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Ureae0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth parameterse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of Sunshine organic fertilizer and Urea significantly enhanced vegetative growth parameters”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunshine organic fertilizer maximized leaf number and tendril number versus urea and control.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- number of leaves, the number of tendrilse0
- Direction
- maximale0
- Comparator
- Urea and Controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The effect was maximal with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer with respect to the number of leaves, the number of tendrils, fresh weight, and dry weight as compared with the application of Urea and Control”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunshine organic fertilizer maximized fresh and dry weight versus urea and control.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- fresh weight, and dry weighte0
- Direction
- maximale0
- Comparator
- Urea and Controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The effect was maximal with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer with respect to the number of leaves, the number of tendrils, fresh weight, and dry weight as compared with the application of Urea and Control”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Unfertilized control had better proximate content than either fertilizer.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Controle0
- Outcome
- proximate contente0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- Sunshine organic fertilizer and Ureae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Control produced better proximate content as compared with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer and Urea”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea gave better mineral content than organic fertilizer.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Ureae0
- Outcome
- mineral contente0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“the application of Urea and Control produced better mineral content as compared with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Control gave better mineral content than organic fertilizer.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Controle0
- Outcome
- mineral contente0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the application of Urea and Control produced better mineral content as compared with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic fertilizer gave better phytochemical content in leaves than urea or control.
- Taxon
- peppermintMentha ×piperitae0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- phytochemical contente0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- Urea and Controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of Sunshine organic fertilizer produced better phytochemical content in the peppermint leaves as compared with the application of Urea and Control”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic fertilizer maximized tannin, flavonoids and saponin relative to urea and control.
- Taxon
- PEPPERMINTMentha ×piperitat0
- Treatment
- Sunshine organic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- Tannin, Flavonoids, and Saponine0
- Direction
- maximale0
- Comparator
- Urea and Controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The effect was maximal with the application of Sunshine organic fertilizer with respect to Tannin, Flavonoids, and Saponin as compared with the application of Urea and Control”
t0“PEPPERMINT”
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