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Item Growth and yield performance of loose-leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa) under greenhouse condition using different levels of ventilation in Barangay Kapatagan, Digos City, Davao del SurRagomio, Ranel Q. (Davao del Sur State College, 2024-06)The study was conducted to evaluate the growth and yield performance of loose-leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa) under greenhouse condition using different levels of ventilation in Brgy. Kapatagan, Digos City, Davao del Sur. A Complete Randomized Design was used as the experimental layout of the study with 3 treatments replicated 3 times. The treatments used were as follows: Treatment 1 (T1) = Ambient Airflow, Treatment 2 (T2) = 1 Intake Fan and 1 Exhaust Fan and Treatment 3 (T3) = 2 Intake Fans and 2 Exhaust Fans. It was evaluated during 15th, 30th and 40th day after transplanting. Data were statistically analyzed using Single Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey's test was used to identify treatments that are significantly different from each other. The result on analysis of variance (ANOVA), shows that there were significantly difference among treatments in terms of plant height, number of leaves and yield of loose-leaf lettuce. Tukey's test results, revealed that the plant height of loose-leaf lettuce during 15th day after transplanting T1 and T2, T1 and T3 significantly differ from each other while, T2 and T3 has no significant difference. Result also revealed that on 30th and 40th day after transplanting T1, T2 and T3 has a significant difference from each other. In terms on the number of leaves on 15th and 30th day after transplanting Treatment 1 has significant difference against Treatment 2 and Treatment 3. However, Treatment 2 and Treatment 3 have no significant difference from each other. While on 40th day after transplanting results shows that T1, T2 and T3 has a significance difference to each other. In terms on the yield (g) of loose-leaf lettuce, all treatments show that treatment 3 was observed to be the best experimental treatments in all parameters.Item Processing of fiber based biofoam cups using sugarcane bagasse and cassava starch as plant container for hydroponic systemSarno, Ma. Rachel Anne N. (Davao del Sur State College, 2024-05)The study was designed to produce a fiber-based biofoam cup from different mixtures of sugarcane bagasse and cassava starch, an alternative to styrofoam cups as plant containers in a hydroponics set-up. The study was carried out with 3 treatments replicated thrice. The mixture was added with a constant amount of polyvinyl alcohol, glycerol and magnesium stearate by weight basis, and then coated with paraffin wax. The data for density, water absorption, solubility as well as the performance of the biocups in terms of plant growth (no. of leaves), plant mortality and pH level when used as plant containers in Kratky method were gathered through a completely randomized design and analyzed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Least Significant Difference (LSD) test at 1% and 5% levels. Only the treatment yielding the best results in terms of quality were evaluated for hydroponic application. Statically, the results indicate that the density and water absorption of the cups from the three treatments significantly varied with a P-value of 0.0055 and 0.0127 respectively. However, no significant difference was observed for the solubility of the biocups among the treatment with a P- value of 0.0827. Based on the results, treatment 3 exhibited the highest density and lowest values for solubility and water absorption among the treatments and was selected with the commercially available styrofoam cups as plant containers in Kratky method hydroponics set-up. For the duration of the observation period, all petchay plants survived resulting in a mortality rate of 0%. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the number of leaves, as indicated by the P-value of 0.0059 while pH level was found to be lower (6.38) for treatment 3 than the control (6.40). The results suggest that biofoam cups are not best to be used as plant container in hydroponics, but due to its higher density, low water absorption and solubility it implies potential suitability for other planting materials, such as for seedlings.Item Water consumption and growth of spring onion (Allium fistulusom L.) under different nutrient solution depths in kratky hydroponics under shaded conditionsDabalos, Marc Jay P. (Davao del Sur State College, 2024-06)The study was conducted at Davao del Sur State College (DSSC), Brgy. Matti, Digos City, Davao del Sur, to investigate the effect of varying depths of nutrient solution on the water consumption and growth of spring onion. The experiment followed a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three treatments and three replications. The treatments were T1 (15cm depth of nutrient solution), T2 (10 cm depth of nutrient solution), T3 (5 cm depth of nutrient solution). The effect of the depths of nutrient solution was determined with regards to the water consumption, plant height, stem diameter, number of leaf, root length, number of shoots per plant and the temperature of nutrient solution. The gathered data was statistically evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) at a significance level of 1% to 5% based on the results of the study, the nutrient solution depths showed no significant effect on the water consumption and growth response of spring onion (Allium fistulusom L.) and also to the nutrient solution temperature.
