ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors want to extend her wholehearted thanks and
gratitude to everyone who contributed financially, spiritually, morally
and psychologically and to these who were much involved in the
accomplishment of the study.
To her adviser, Ms. Kristine T. Noveda, who willingly accept
them as their adviser and sharing her knowledge, advices and
constructive criticisms.
To her parents for their countless moral and financial support
and boundless love, for without them this study would not make
possible.
Most of all, to the Almighty God for the wisdom, blessings in
making this study a reality.
Thank you so much!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRELIMINARIES PAGES
Title Page i
Acknowledgement ii
Table of Contents iii
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1
Objectives of the Study 2
Scope and Delimitation of the Study 4
Time and Place of the Study 4
Operational Definition of Terms 5
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Medicinal Plants 7
Significance Role of Medicinal Plants 9
Importance of Medical Plants in Biodiversity 10
and Medicine
METHODOLOGY
Complete Fertilizer 12
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Materials 16
Experimental Design and Treatment 17
Treatment 18
Experimental Layout 19
Application of Fertilizer 19
Date to be Gathered 20
Degree of Abundance of the Medicinal Plants 21
INTRODUCTION
Green onion (Allium fistolusum) is young shoot of bulb onion and
is milder tasting than large bulb onions. They have a small not fully
developed while bulb ends with label year-round (Walter, 1991).
Onions are widely grown vegetables that belong to the genus
Allium. Almost all the plants in this group are strongly flavored and
have a sharp odor (Lippincott, 2011).
Onions can be used in almost every type of food including
cooked food and fresh salad. They are found in a large number of
recipes and preparation spanning almost the totality of the world’s
culture. Depending on the variety, an onion can be sharp, spicy,
tangy, pungent mild or sweet. The whole plant is edible and is used as
food in some form or the other (Palco, 2009).
Inorganic fertilizers tend to be more concentrated in nutrients
than organic fertilizers, and nutrient inorganic fertilizer are usually
more fast released. This means that larger amount of inorganic
fertilizer are needed, but their effect will fast than organic fertilizers
are however not always balanced in nutrients, and it is more difficult
to estimate how much to use compare to commercial fertilizer (Palco,
2009).
Onions are cool-season biennial plants (requiring two seasons to
complete the cycle from seed to seed) that commercially grown as an
annual crop. Growth is also dependent on temperature the minimum
for emergence is higher than for most other cool-season vegetables at
55 °F (12.8°C) for 70 percent emergence in up to 2 weeks
(Encyclopedia, 2008).
Complete fertilizer contains the three nutrients plant need in the
largest amount for optimum growth. Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and
Potassium (K) also called triple 14 that means it is made up of 14%
phosphorus and 14% potassium (Glass, 2003).
Objectives of the Study
The study aims to determine the growth performance of potted
green onions applied with complete fertilizer.
Specifically, it aims to:
a. Evaluate the growth performance of potted green onion applied
with complete fertilizer;
b. Determine which fertilizer enhances optimum growth of potted
green onion; and
c. Determine the growth of green onion influence of complete
fertilizer
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
The study will be limited only on the growth performance
of potted green onion applied with compete fertilizer.
Time and Place of the Study
The study will be conducted near ASSCAT, Bunawan,
Agusan del Sur from July to October 2017.
Operational Definition of Terms
Growth refers to the accumulated increase in the height and
diameter of the plant.
Green Onion with a long stalk and green leaves often eaten raw
as in salad.
Tiller refers to the shoot from the base of a stem
Harvesting in the deliberate separation of the economics part
from the sources and green onion was harvested 45 days after
planting. The sample plants were gathered separately and
weighed.
Palm oil sludge refers to the material that remains after
decanting the palm oil mill effluent.
Inorganic fertilizer refers to the commercially manufactured
fertilizer that contains high readily available nutrient element.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
The onion family, Amaryllidaceae, is by the most important bulb
vegetable. It is used both in its green stage as a scallion, or green
onion, and its mature stage as a bulb. The volatile oil that is the
source of the onions pungent flavor onions vary in color white, yellow
and red pre-dominating cultivars range from mild to pungent valued
for their flavor, onions are low in nutrients (Groilier Academic
Encyclopedia, 1988).
Onion are heavy feeders and require a considerable amount of
fertilizer, particularly nitrogen, however because green onion are
harvested before reaching maturity. They will not require as much
fertilizer as day bulb onions. Nitrogen (N) is important for proper
foliage growth and good green color. At least 25 percent of the nitrogen
applied should be in the nitrate form because high rates of ammonium
containing fertilizer can be toxic to onions (Palco, 2009).
Green onions are young onion harvested when their crops are
green and the undeveloped bulbs are 13 mm or less in diameter. Their
flavor is a mild and the entire onions sources (Encyclopedia
Britannica, 2008).
Green onion is usually cultivated as an annual or biennial. It
has an aromatic substances used for flavoring and have been
commonly classified among species. Plant use a lot of nitrogen
because it is a plant of many important compounds including
chlorophyll, nitrogen promotes vegetative growth (Gamutan, 2005).
Complete fertilizer contains the three nutrients plant need in the
longest amount for optimum growth. Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and
Potassium (K) also called triple 14. That means it is made up of 14%
nitrogen, 14% phosphorus and 14% potassium (Glass, 2003).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Experimental Design and Treatment
The study will be carried out in a Randomized Complete Blocks
Design (RCBD) with three (3) treatments and three (3) replications.
The experimental treatments are as follows:
T0 – Control
T1 – 1g of complete fertilizer (14-14-14) per plant
T2 – 2g of complete fertilizer (14-14-14) per plant
Experimental Layout
T0 T0 T1
T2 T1 T2
T1 T2 T0
Application of Fertilizer
Application of fertilizer before planting follows the specific
amount for each treatment base on recommended rate of fertilizer.
Data to be Gathered
1.Plant Height (cm). This data will be obtained counting and
recording the number of days where 50% of the plant tillers
start to come out .
2.Weight of plant (g). This will be obtained by weighing the plant
Using digital weighing scale .
3.Number of leaves. This data will be obtained by counting the
number of five sample plantsat the termination of the study .
4.Width of leaves . This data will measure the width of plant
Using tape measure .
5.Plant length . This data will be obtained by measuring the
length per plant .
ONION PLANT HEIGHT
R-I R-II R-III Total Mean
T0 203 256.4 279.2 738.6 246.2
T1 245.6 261.6 216.4 723.6 241.2
T2 272.8 277.4 271 821.2 273.73
Rep. Total 721.4 795.4 766.6
Grand 2283.4
total
Grand 761.13
Mean
ANNOVA
SV Df Ss Ms Fc 5% 1%
Replication 2 927.61 463.81
Treatment 2 184.5 920.75 1.22 6.94 18.00
Error 4 2999.06 749.77
NS= not significant
Total CV =98.51
WIDTH OF LEAVES
R-I R-II R-III Total Mean
T0 6.4 4.6 6.4 17.4 5.8
T1 6 6 5.8 17.8 5.9
T2 5.6 7.6 6.4 19.6
Rep .Total 18 18.2 18.6 6.5
Grand 54.8
Total
Grand 18.2
Mean
ANNOVA
SV Df Ss Ms Fc 5% 1%
Replication 2 0.06 0.03
Treatment 2 0.92 0.46 0.02 6.94 18.00
Error 4 61.91 15.48
Ns=Not significant
Total CV=85.05
PLANT HEIGHT
Rep.I Rep.II Rep.III Total Mean
TO 193.6 190.8 185.2 569.6 189.87
T1 217.8 167.8 105.4 491 163.67
T2 217 196.8 192.6 606.4 202.13
Rep.Total 628.4 555.4 483.2
Grand 1667
total
Grand 555.67
mean
ANOVA Tab-F
SV df SS MS FC 5% 1%
Replication 2 3513.88 1756.94
Treatment 2 2316.6 1068.3 0.13 6.94 18.00
Error 4 32065.56 8016.39
Ns=not significant
Total CV=1442.65
NUMBER OF LEAVES
SV RI RII RIII Total Mean
T0 5.4 4.6 4.4 14.4 4.8
T1 7 6.2 1.48 14.6 4.89
T2 8 5.2 8 2.2 4.24
Total 20.4 16 13.88
Grand 50.28
total
Grand 13.93
mean
ANOVA
SV df SS MS FC 5% 1%
Replcation 2 7.37 3.685
Treatmeant 2 290.77 145.39 0.25 6.94 18.00
Error 4 2246.31 561.58
Ns=not significant
Total CV= 4031.44
