The effect of goat manure foliar on chilli plant (capsicum annuum) growth performance

Excessive usage of agrochemical in agricultural activities such as fertilizers and pesticides may cause pollution and damage the environment especially aquatic biodiversity. Many issues had been arising when farmers had been exposed to hazard health as well as the consumers that consumed the contaminated agricultural products posed by the excessive agrochemical used. This project was conducted to develop an alternative organic foliar from organic inputs such as goat manure, egg shell and molded bread which can sustain and enhance the natural environmental elements. The effectiveness of goat manure foliar was compared to commercial foliar based on chilli plant growth performance such as height, number and size of leaf. The chilli planting was conducted for two months and data collection was done twice a week. For comparative effects, 30 chilli plants were divided into two groups which represented as control that used commercial foliar (C), and as treatment that used goat manure foliar (F). Initially, nutrient content analysed by XRF analysis showed commercial foliar had 0.33% nitrogen (N) and 0.08% phosphorus (P) while goat manure foliar contained 0.26% N and 0.10% P. Besides, potassium (K) element only presented in goat manure foliar sample with very little amount 0.17%. Statistically, the growth performances of chilli plants (C.annuum) treated with commercial foliar were significantly higher (p<0.05) compared to goat manure foliar where at the end of planting period, control plants had reached average height 46.12 ± 1.67 cm while plants applied with goat manure foliar only reached average height of 10.41 ± 1.42 cm after the increment of foliar volume every particular week. The findings of this project summarized that chilli plants (C.annuum) required appropriate volume of nutrients depending on the growth stages as well as a suitable foliar condition such as pH value and its concentration for optimal growth performance.