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VOL. 6, ISSUE 3 (2021)
How organic fertilizers influence growth and yield of Aloe barbadensis?
Authors
A Viyasan, S Sutharsan, S Srikrishnah
Abstract
Aloe vera, considered to be the most popular plant, belongs to the family Liliaceae. In Aloe vera, organic manures give more effective growth and yield compared to chemical fertilizers. This study investigated how organic fertilizers influence growth and yield of Aloe barbadensis. A polybag experiment with five treatments and four replicates in Randomized Complete Block Design was conducted in the Crop Farm, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, from November 2019 to March 2020. The treatments are control, compost, cow dung, commercially available organic liquid fertilizer and Jeewamirta tested for performances. Almost all the growth parameters and yield parameters showed a significant increase by compost and cow dung treatments compared to other treatments. In those significant parameters, between compost and cow dung treatments were shown non-significance in average leaf length, average leaf width, total leaf volume and total gel weight. This might be due to compost and cow dung increase soil fertility and delivered better results due to better nutrition by increasing cell division and elongation without hindering the nutrient uptake procedure. Therefore, considering the growth parameters, yield parameters and especially economic important parameter (gel weight), compost and cow dung could be recommended for the cultivation of Aloe barbadensis to improve growth and yield and those are environmentally friendly for Sustainable Agriculture.
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Pages:287-294
How to cite this article:
A Viyasan, S Sutharsan, S Srikrishnah "How organic fertilizers influence growth and yield of <em>Aloe barbadensis</em>? ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 287-294
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