Yield and post-harvest quality of sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. saccharata) to vermicompost and fermented weed teas application

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Fermented weed teas Sweet corn Total soluble solids Vermicompost Yield

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Talip, O. S.
College of Agriculture and Forestry, Misamis University, Ozamiz City, Philippines
Villaver, J. P.
School of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Studies, J.H. Cerilles State College – Dumingag Campus, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

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The application of vermicompost revealed significant results on the plant height, ear yield, and total soluble solids (6 & 24 hours) of sweet corn. On the other hand, fermented weed teas did not influence the yield and post-harvest quality of sweet corn. Furthermore, the interaction effects of rates of vermicompost and fermented weed teas did not influence the abovementioned parameters. Based on the results, 15 t ha-1 vermicompost gave the highest plant height at 234 cm (P<0.05). The synthetic fertilizer (90 kg N -60 kg P2O5-60 kg K2O) produced the highest ear height at 76.83 cm (P<0.01) and ear yield at 11.79 t ha-1 (P<0.01). Vermicompost at 15 t ha-1 obtained the highest total soluble solids at 19.8 and 14.25% (P<0.01) during six and 24-hours storage duration, respectively. The results implied that vermicompost is not comparable to inorganic fertilizer in ear height and yield. Hence, there is a trend to increase in yield as the rate of vermicompost increased. Moreover, the vermicompost at 15 t ha-1 produced sweet corn's highest total soluble solids than synthetic fertilizer. Further studies may be conducted to increase the duration of corn ear storage up to 3 to 5 days to test the total soluble solids accumulation.

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Talip, O. S., & Villaver, J. P. (2022). Yield and post-harvest quality of sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. saccharata) to vermicompost and fermented weed teas application. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 18(5), 2283–2292. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/8728
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Vol. 18 No. 5 (2022): September
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