Abstract
Worldwide, the demand for agro-organic foods that are healthy, nutritious, and environmentally friendly is increasing dramatically across all nations among consumers. Tomatoes being one of the dietary requirements in almost every meal is not exceptional and its availability in the market all year round is very important to farmers as well as consumers because it is highly demanded as a vegetable par excellence; which is either eaten raw in salads, cooked or processed into liquid ingredients. This study investigates the impact of chicken, goat, and cow manure treatments on tomato plant growth response to height, leaf length, and width, as well as fruit yield. The experimental field trials were conducted over two planting seasons in Mundri West County. It followed a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) approach, consisting of four blocks. Each block contained three treatments replicated four times and a control group. The data of measured parameters from all 16 plots were subjected to one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) using the Gen Stat 14th Edition software. The findings indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) among all the different organic manure applications on tomato plant growth parameters compared to the control group. Chicken manure resulted in the tallest tomato plants (30.1 and 37.9 cm), longest leaves (9.9 and 10.4 cm), and widest leaves (2.1 and 2.5 cm) in both seasons respectively. The study showed plots treated with chicken manure had a highly significant impact (P < 0.05) on the prevalence of aphids (1.0) and white flies (1.4) with the lowest value compared to those with cow and goat manure applied. Additionally, chicken manure led to the highest yields (39.30 and 49.49 tons/ha) in both seasons. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that using chicken manure effectively improves the performance of Rio Grande Tomatoes, and thus, farmers are encouraged to utilize chicken manure to maximize their tomato yields.
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Claim · model-written summary
Organic manure applications differed significantly from control for tomato growth parameters.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- organic manure applicationse0
- Outcome
- tomato plant growth parameterse0
- Comparator
- control groupe0
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e0“significant differences (P < 0.05) among all the different organic manure applications on tomato plant growth parameters compared to the control group”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure produced the tallest tomato plants in both seasons.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Chicken manuree0
- Outcome
- tallest tomato plantse0
- Direction
- talleste0
- Value
- 30.1 and 37.9 cme0
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e0“Chicken manure resulted in the tallest tomato plants (30.1 and 37.9 cm)”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure produced the longest leaves in both seasons.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- longest leavese0
- Direction
- longeste0
- Value
- 9.9 and 10.4 cme0
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e0“longest leaves (9.9 and 10.4 cm)”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure produced the widest leaves in both seasons.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- widest leavese0
- Direction
- wideste0
- Value
- 2.1 and 2.5 cme0
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e0“widest leaves (2.1 and 2.5 cm)”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure plots had the lowest aphid prevalence compared with cow and goat manure.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- chicken manuree0
- Interactor
- aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
- Outcome
- prevalence of aphidse0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 1.0e0
- Comparator
- cow and goat manuree0
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e0“chicken manure had a highly significant impact (P < 0.05) on the prevalence of aphids (1.0) and white flies (1.4) with the lowest value compared to those with cow and goat manure applied”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure plots had the lowest white fly prevalence compared with cow and goat manure.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- chicken manuree0
- Interactor
- white fliesAleyrodoideae0pest
- Outcome
- white fliese0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 1.4e0
- Comparator
- cow and goat manuree0
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e0“chicken manure had a highly significant impact (P < 0.05) on the prevalence of aphids (1.0) and white flies (1.4) with the lowest value compared to those with cow and goat manure applied”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
Chicken manure gave the highest yields in both seasons.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- chicken manuree0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 39.30 and 49.49 tons/hae0
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e0“chicken manure led to the highest yields (39.30 and 49.49 tons/ha) in both seasons”
t0“Lycopersicon esculentum”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors encourage farmers to use chicken manure to maximize tomato yields.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- utilize chicken manure to maximize their tomato yieldse0
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e0“farmers are encouraged to utilize chicken manure to maximize their tomato yields”
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