NANO IONIC FORMULA BIOSTIMULANT FOR ACCELERATED GROWTH AND YIELD OF PECHAY

This study aimed to verify the efficiency of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant on pechay (Brassica rapa), particularly on its growth and yield performance.The study was conducted at Apokon, Tagum City, with a duration of 2 months from December 2022 to February 2023.A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used as the experimental design which was composed of six treatments, and replicated three times.The treatments were: (T1) Control, (T2) RR of inorganic NPK fertilizer based on soil analysis, (T3) RR of inorganic NPK + 0.5 rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant, (T4) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant, (T5) RR of inorganic NPK + 1.5 rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant, and (T6) rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant.Data on growth and yield components were gathered and analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and differences between treatments were compared using the Honest Significant Difference (HSD) Test.Based on the results of the study, the growth and yield performance of pechay were significantly affected by Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant in terms of root length, plant height, fresh weight, leaf length and width and pechay yield but not the number of leaves.Results showed that T2= RR of inorganic NPK fertilizer based on soil analysis got the longest root length among treatments.Hence, Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant did not influence the root length of pechay.The (T4) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant increased the fresh weight of pechay up to two times than the (T1) control and (T6) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant.Also, (T4) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant had the widest leaf which are significantly higher by 33% than the (T1) control and (T6) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant.The leaf length of pechay in (T4) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant and (T3) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant were significantly longer than that of the control (T1) by 35%.Highest height of pechay was observed in (T3) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant yet comparable to the rest of the treatments using HSD test.The yield of pechay was increased up to three times in (T4) RR of inorganic NPK + rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant and (T5) RR of inorganic NPK + 1.5 rr of Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant which than the control (T1).Essegro Nano Ionic Formula Biostimulant therefore increased the growth and yield performance of pechay