Evaluating the impact of poultry droppings and cow dung manures on yellow pepper (capsicum frutescens) yield

Abstract

This study determined the effectiveness of two types of manures (poultry droppings and cow dung manure) on the yield of yellow pepper (Capsicum frutescence). The ratio of loamy soil to the manures was 3kg: 600g respectively for sowing twenty (20) seeds on each of the four baskets prepared for nursery. Five seedlings were later transplanted to each ridge and treated with 500g of manure except control experiment. The seedlings were allowed to grow for 12 weeks (3 months) during which the following records were obtained (i) percentage germination (ii) height in cm (iii) number of leaves (iv) number of branches (v) number of flowers (vi) number of fruits (vii) mean weight of yield of the pepper. The result of the study indicated that poultry and cow manures had the highest mean yield while the least yield was obtained from the control.