Cabbage - Docx MSA
Cabbage - Docx MSA
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) is a member of the cole crops, and it is an important fresh
and processing vegetable crop in most of the countries of the world. Cole crops are biennials, but
Meanwhile, cabbage is believed to have originated in Western Europe and it was the first cole
crop to be cultivated. Prior to cultivation and use as food, cabbage was mainly used for medicinal
Importance of Cabbage
Cabbage is one of the most important crops in the highland because of its less cost of
inputs and high return on investment. And so, it is one of the most common crops grown and the
source of income in Benguet. In terms of nutritional value, nutrients that can be obtained is
relatively high. It is a good source of vitamin C, vitamin A, and calcium. In fact, some vegetables
have higher vitamin C than fruits, but the vitamin C is being lost in vegetables during cooking
and preparation since this vitamin is easily destroyed by heat (Bawang and Kudan, 1989).
inorganic nutrients. It is an established fact that use of inorganic fertilizer for the crops is not so
good for health because of residual effect but in the case of organic fertilizer such problem does
not arise and on the other hand it increase the productivity of soil as well as crop quality and
readily available to smallholder farmers and they benefit the environment from the production
Plant height
Fertilizer is the most important factor for achieving best yield of crop.
According to a study conducted by Hasan and Solaiman 2012, after comparing the
Efficacy of Organic and inorganic fertilizer to the growth of cabbage, plant height was
significantly affected by different manures and fertilizers under the study. It is evident that plant
height was the highest with inorganic fertilizer at different growth stages of different varieties of
cabbage cultivars.
On the other hand, the lowest plant height was with control treatment which was
statistically identical with cow dung treated crop at harvest. This result might be due to cause of
rapid performance on growth characters and rapid release of nutrients of inorganic fertilizer for
plant height where organic fertilizer has slow nutrient release capacity that caused lower plant
height.
Hasan and Solaiman (2012) proved that chemical fertilizer perform well than organic
fertilizer. The poor performance of vermicompost (organic fertilizer) compared to the chemical
fertilizer maybe due to the parent material sources used in the production as this affects the
fertilizers or the fact that organic fertilizers are slow releasersof nutrients. (Arancon
et al ).
Well-developed leaves are needed for good head development. Moreover, tight packed and
unexpanded leaves support the head and result in a desirable firm head (Hasan and Solaiman
(2012).
According to Andaloro et al., (1983) low number of leaves determines the weakness of
the crop to pests and diseases and this was evidenced during the trial.
Cabbage Marketability
Produced cabbage under chemical fertilizer treatments and its combinations showed good
quality and market size, the cabbages were heavy with wrapper leaves firmly attached.
Thus treatments did not affect stand establishment. This may be attributed to many factors.
Fertilizers need water to dissolve into available form, therefore, according to the
observed results irrigation water have not been sufficient enough to dissolve the fertilizers. The
size of the cabbage was affected by insufficient water supply, which therefore affected quality.
The results may have been affected by the response of the plant to vermicompost,
genotype.
Weight Parameter
Fresh weight is a key parameter and cabbage head is considered as an important yield
component of the crop. Clearly the number of plants at harvest does not determine number of
fully formed heads and the number of fully formed heads does not necessarily determine weight
Therefore, the aspect of low head weight needs to be improved to increase economic
value of cabbage. Moreover,the size of the cabbage head is very essential in fresh market sales
and there are several factors that can influence cabbage head size.
Factors such as higher plant populations might have influenced the results on the yield
attributes in the present study. Total weight in this study was not positively affected by the
treatments which might be due to the least availability of nutrients at growth and development
(Khan et al., 2002).Khan et al. (2002) has further observed increase in marketable yield as N rate
was increased, thus the amount of N that was available in the soil might have compromised the
Adolaro et al.(1983) who Indicated that,damaged wrapper leaves of cabbage even if slightly
injured could reduce grade and further wrote that, an economic loss in cabbage marketability is
Although,low grade cabbage might be unmarketable but the cabbage can still be used for
home consumption. Alternatively, the smallholder farmer could still sell the produce to small
Conclusion
Sustainable agriculture can be defined as the type of farming method that involves
resource conservation and safety of the environment and human health. Therefore the use of
organic amendments is one of the main features of concern on issues such as food quality,
environmental safety and soil conservation. This has led to an introduction of organic fertilizers
such as vermicompost as they do not compromise consumer needs (Tilman et al., 2002).
Vermicompost did not have pronounced effect on growth and yield. The current results
conclude that synthetic fertilizers perform better than the organic manure, but it is suggested that
Biological property of vermicompost is the main factor in order to stimulate plant growth,
alternatively plant species used or cultivation condition.Improved chlorophyll content and plant
height on cabbage indicates that vermicompost could have attributed to growth but could not
perform well as compared to chemical fertilizer and vital growth. This may therefore support the
argument that vermicompost is effective as a horticultural media not when directly applied in the
field.
However it does not necessarily mean that organic fertilizers are not suitable to be used in
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