ORGANIC FERTILIZER: Phaeophyceae (KULAPO) POWDER AS A

FERTILIZER ON PLANTS

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in BIO03- Microbiology and Parasitology

By:

DIANNA JANE R. GALE

ERICA C. GUCILATAR

JERWIN SARMIENTO

SHAINA U. RUATOREZ

Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Science

SLSU-Polillo Campus

2021-2022
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Abstract

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Statement of the Problem

Significance of the Study

Scope and Limitation

CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Appendix

References
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

This research is about seaweeds and how can it help the people here in our

Barangay Kalubakis and how can it help the plants to become healthy and grow fast.

Seaweed, also known as benthic marine algae, is a type of plant that lives in either salt or

fresh water. Seaweed, like land plants, contains photosynthetic pigments that help them

photosynthesize and produce food with the help of sunlight and nutrients found in

seawater. Seaweeds can be found in the coastal region between high tide and low tide, as

well as in the subtidal region and 0.01 percent photosynthetic lights. Plant pigments,

light, exposure, depth, temperature, tides, and shore characteristics all work together to

create a variety of environments that influence the distribution and variety of seaweeds.

They are divided into three major groups based on their color: green (Chlorophyta),

brown (Phaeophyceae) and red (Rhodophyta) (Zodape,-S.T.Seaweeds as a biofertilizer,

2001).

Every South West Monsoons season, the brown algae or also known kulapo in the

local town Polillo, flock to the beach, and it is one of the problems faced by every

Barangay, including Barangay Kalubakis, because the problem is how they can get rid of

it in a useful manner. The researchers wish to conduct a study on Brown algae in

particular, as this type of seaweed is abundant in the location of the researcher. They

come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from simple, freely branches filaments to

highly differentiated forms. They can be divided into blades, stipes, and holdfast,
 Seaweed fertilizers, for example, can be either powder or liquid products

containing raw materials with both nutritional and bio stimulant actions, capable of

positively influencing plants' biochemistry and physiology. Such formulations are

appropriate for a productive, innovative, and sustainable agriculture.

B. Statement of the study

This study was focus on the effectiveness of Kulapo in plant as fertilizer. The

researchers of this study aim to answer the following question:

1. What are the uses of the fertilizer?

2. What will be the effects of the Kulapo fertilizer on plants

3. What is the useful way of disposing Kulapo on the Barangays?

C. Significance of the Study

As this research aims to know the effectiveness of Kulapo (PHAEOPHYCEAE)

powder fertilizer the following was the beneficial to the findings of this study.

Gardener. The result of this research will improve the quality of the soil and the

growth of the plant. They are the one who will benefits the most from this powder

fertilizer.

Local Barangay. The product of this study will help them to dispose effectively

the Kulapo on the shore every south west monsoon season.

Future researcher. They can use this research as data baseline for future

research, further exploration, and expanding investigation regarding seaweed fertilizer.

CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literature

Effect of Seaweeds

There are approximately 285 genera and 1,836 species of phaeophyceae, 1% of it

is found in fresh water habitat, according to John Wehr (2015). It play major role to the

ecosystem, the habitat of marine lives and protection from many threats. In fact, if 9% of

the ocean convert to seaweed forest it possibly segregate 53 billion tons of carbon dioxide

annually. The waste from agricultures, factory, and household etc. causes nutrients

imbalance that lead to the blooming of algal; it is the sign of marine chemical damage.

And seaweeds act as bio-indicator, it remove and trapped the algal and heavy metals. It

absorbs the excess nutrients and balances the ecosystem (Sundararaju V., 2021)

Way back in history seaweed fertilizer are used by the costal farmer before the

advertisement of commercial fertilizer. Because according to Lawson C. (2021), there

are more than 70 minerals, vitamin, and enzymes are can be found in seaweed fertilizer.

This kind of fertilizer have many advantage and very beneficial not only for plants but

also to the environment than other conventional fertilizer. It is classify as organic

fertilizer, natural product, and not using any preservatives. Also it can reduce leaching, it

prevents the nutrients in soil that needed by the plants in root zone that improves the soil
condition. It is more efficient nutrient uptake because it can apply through foliar

application. And it has growth hormones like phytohormones, amino acids, bioactive

carbohydrates, beneficial bacteria and most special anti-fungal metabolites (Shiffler A.,

2021).

According to Darren Chan (2019), seaweed fertilizers are rich in nutrients that are

safe and non-toxic. In fact it has 40 kinds of minerals like potassium, calcium,

magnesium, iron, zinc, and iodine. And it have abundant vitamins especially seaweed

polysaccharides that are unmatched by terrestrial plants. This fertilizer can easily

absorbed by plants, because of the alginic acid, naturally found in seaweeds, reduces the

surface tension to easily penetrate the cell of the stem and leaves. As the matter of fact, it

can absorbed by the plants within 2 to 3 hours after the application but the effect can last

long. It can released nutrients slowly and extend the fertilizing effect because of the

presences of polysaccharides and humic acid.

A study by Cindy Lawson (2021) discovered that the seaweed fertilizer actually

can prevent pest like greenfly and whitefly by applying it as foliar feed. It can also extend

the life shelf of the fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The seaweed fertilizer has a presence

of auxins, which balance the growth and prevent the formation or opening of buds in a

wrong time. Also it has betaines that helpful in dry condition and unstressed. The

concentration of the seaweed fertilizer can vary depends on needs. In lawn land used

diluted mixture; however in house plant used stronger concentration.

In 2011, about 1,840,832 metric tons of sargassum, species of seaweed brown

algae, washes on shore in the Philippines according to Botanica M. (2019). The

coastline for seaweeds farming. The collecting, harvesting, gathering, selling, and

exporting of sargassum without permit are prohibited by the amendments to Fisheries

Administrative Order (FAO) No. 250 series of 2014. The research and academic

institution are exempted by the compliance with Fisheries Administrative Order No. 233

series of 2010 (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2018).

Related Studies

CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This is research used an experimental type of resesarch to uses of Phaeophyceae

(Kulapo) as an organic fertilizer.

Materials

In this study the following materials were used, dried Phaeophyceae (Kulapo),

colander, mortar, and plastic cup.

Research Procedure

Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) organic fertilizer

The dried Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) was pound in mortar and strined in a colander.

Testing was folled after pulverized the Phaeophyceae (Kulapo). Two treatment were

followed to determine the potential and possibility of using Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) as

applied as a spray.

Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

 Dried  Powderizing  Phaeophyceae

CHAPTRER 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Treatment 1. Soil Fertilizer

The testing for Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) powder was used as a fertilized to the

soil. The three plastic cup as sow contain 100% Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) powder, 100%

soil, and 50% soil with 50% Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) powder to test the potential and

possibility of using Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) as organic fertilizer.

Table 1.

S
ummarry of the results using Phaeophyceae (Kulapo) powder as organic fertilizer.

Treatment 2

CHAPTER 5

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusion

Recommendation

APPENDIX

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