Growth and Yield Performance of Watermelon. Applied With Fermented and Non-Fermented Goat Manure

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Instructor Plans: Agriculture / Forestry / Gardening, Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT-Main Campus), course: BS- Agriculture, language: English, abstract: This study evaluates the effects of fermented and non-fermented goat manure on the growth and yield parameters of watermelons. Two treatments are considered: treatment one, fermented goat manure applied by drenching and treatment two, non-fermented goat manure applied by side-dressing. Fermented and non-fermented goat manure verified the effect on the growth parameters specifically plant Length of vine, number of the leaves, and number of the branches and also the effect on the yield parameters namely number of fruits, diameter of the fruits, length of the fruits, and weight of the fruits. Both treatments namely fermented and non fermented goat manure did not significantly affect the growth and yield parameters and also the occurrence of pests and diseases of the watermelon.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH The author was born on January 07, 1997 at Payong, Bagong Sikat, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. He is the youngest and only son among three (3) children of Mr. Joey M. Ballenas and Mrs. Elenita C. Ballenas At the age of six (6), he attended elementary studies at Cabugao Elementary School in 2003. He pursued his secondary education at Bulalacao National High School, Main Campus where he graduated in 2013. As a student with the dream of getting out from poverty, he continued his tertiary education at Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT) Main Campus, Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro and took up Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, major in Crop Science. JONJON C. BALLENA