Yield Performance of Bell Pepper (Capsicum annum) as Influenced by Different Plant Extracts

The study was therefore design as an additional guideline for the farmers to enrich and to give them information on the advantages of using fermented plant juice and carrageenan that can help to improve their practices and to increase their production in bell. It was conducted because of the insurmountable rising cost of inorganic fertilizers. The farmers have to look for alternative measures to sustain the profitability of their farming business by assessing the yield performance of bell pepper as influenced by different fermented plant extracts, a study was conducted at the Cagayan State University – Gonzaga, Cagayan , Philippines from October 2016 to March 2017 with the following treatments: T1- Control, T2 – plants treated with Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) and T3 – plants treated with Carrageenan, arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The treatments have no significant effect on the average number of fruits per plant and average yield tons per hectare. Treated Fermented Plant juice and Carrageenen affected the average weight of fruits per plant as manifested by heavier fruits per plant. Plant treated with FPJ proved to be more efficient as indicated by the highest ROI of 28.92 percent. The study revealed that plant treated with FPJ and Carrageenan improved Bell pepper production. Further study is recommended to validate the result and come up with a more reliable conclusion.

Keywords –carrageenen, fermented plant juice, foliar fertilizer