RESEARCH BULLETIN OF KAOHSIUNG DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT STATION
Volume 13, Number 1 December, 2001

Effects of Hog Manure on the Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Luffa

Ching-ho Lin and L. F. Lin(1)

Abstract

　This study was to investigate the effect of hog manure on luffa yield and qualities. There were five treatments which included: (1) H0C4 the check plot, only chemical fertilizers were applied (N-P2O5-K2O = 100-100-150 kg ha-1) (2) H5C4 hog manure 5 Mg ha-1 associated with the same amount of chemical fertilizers of the check plot (3) H10C3 hog manure 10 Mg ha-1 in combination with three fourths of chemical fertilizers of the check plot (4) H15C2 hog manure 15 Mg ha-1 in combination with half of chemical fertilizers of the check plot and (5) H20C1 hog manure 20 Mg ha-1 in combination with one fourth of chemical fertilizer of the check plot. The results showed that the yield of the H10C3 treatment was the highest, 35,313 kg ha-1 and was 7.0% higher than that of check treatment. The length, radius, and fresh weight of fruit of H10C3 treatment were greater than those of the other treatments.

Key words: Luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill), Nutrient concentration, Hog manure

1.Associate researcher, Junior specialist of Kaohsiung District Agricultural Improvement Station