The Analysis of the Agronomic Performance of Different Fertilizer Regimes in Lettuce Production in Techiman Municipality of Ghana

Abstract

Analysis of the agronomic performance of different fertilizer regimes in Lettuce production was conducted over a period of three months (November to February, 2014) in Valley View University Techiman Campus farm in Brong-Ahafo, Ghana. Eight (8) different treatments of fertilizer regimes were used for the study. These were; Poultry Manure only, Quarry Dust only, NPK only, Poultry Manure and Quarry Dust only, NPK and Quarry Dust only, NPK and Poultry Manure only, NPK, Quarry Dust and Poultry Manure only and no fertilizer as a control. The experimental design used was Randomized Complete Block Design. Eden variety was used in this experiment. Eden variety grown under Poultry Manure recorded the highest height of 15.1cm whilst that grown under NPK only recorded the least height of 13.4cm on the 7th week at a p value of < 0.05 significant difference. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference (p < 0.05) in the leaf area and the number of leaves after the various treatments of fertilizer regime from the second to the seventh week after planting.

Keywords: Analysis, Agronomic, Fertilizer regimes, Eden variety