Abstract
Relatively low onion yield in Sub Saharan Africa is attributed to several limitations such as poor soil fertility. For that reason, the field experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of vermicompost and compost tea on onion growth and yield. The soil used had 52% sand, 30% silt, 18% clay and a pH of 7.17. Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 3 replications was used. The results indicated that the organic and inorganic fertilizers significantly affected the height of the plant, leaf length, number of leaves, and marketable yield. Among the treatments, vermicompost tea was found to achieve the best marketable bulb yield of 48.3 tons/Ha. Compost tea produced 28.7 tons/Ha, while inorganic fertilizer attained 21.6 tons/Ha and the control produced the lowest yield of 2.2 tons/Ha. Therefore, vermicompost and compost tea can be used to boost the yield of onions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer treatments significantly affected onion plant height, leaf length and leaf number.
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- onions
Allium cepat0 - Treatment
- organic and inorganic fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- height of the plant, leaf length, number of leavese0
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e0“the organic and inorganic fertilizers significantly affected the height of the plant, leaf length, number of leaves, and marketable yield”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer treatments significantly affected onion marketable yield.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- organic and inorganic fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
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e0“the organic and inorganic fertilizers significantly affected the height of the plant, leaf length, number of leaves, and marketable yield”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost tea achieved the best marketable onion bulb yield, 48.3 tons/Ha.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- vermicompost teae0
- Outcome
- marketable bulb yielde0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 48.3 tons/Hae0
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e0“vermicompost tea was found to achieve the best marketable bulb yield of 48.3 tons/Ha”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Compost tea produced onion yield of 28.7 tons/Ha.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- Compost teae0
- Outcome
- producede0
- Value
- 28.7 tons/Hae0
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e0“Compost tea produced 28.7 tons/Ha”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
Inorganic fertilizer produced onion yield of 21.6 tons/Ha.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepat0
- Treatment
- inorganic fertilizere0
- Outcome
- attainede0
- Value
- 21.6 tons/Hae0
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e0“inorganic fertilizer attained 21.6 tons/Ha”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
The control had the lowest onion yield, 2.2 tons/Ha.
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e0“the control produced the lowest yield of 2.2 tons/Ha”
t0“onions”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend vermicompost and compost tea to increase onion yield.
- Taxon
- onionsAllium cepae0
- Treatment
- vermicompost and compost teae0
- Outcome
- boost the yielde0
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Verbatim
e0“vermicompost and compost tea can be used to boost the yield of onions”
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