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Master of Science in Agriculture (Crop Science)

The study was conducted to determine the response of two varieties of garden peas as influenced by different levels of complete fertilizer. The varieties were: Chinese White and Chinese Dark Green and complete fertilizer level (14-14-14) were: T1 Control, T2 45-45-45, T3 67-67-67, T4 90-90-90, and T5 113-113-113.
The study was arranged in 2 x5 x3 Factorial experiment in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) Duncans Multiple Range Test was used to test the significance between the two (2) varieties and among treatments.
Result showed that the two varieties varied significantly on plant survival, length of pods, number of pods, and weight of pods, (marketable and unmarketable) in favor of Chinese White variety. In terms of plant height Chinese White shows no significant difference over Chinese Dark Green. However, it has significantly different between the two varieties in terms of weight of pods (marketable and unmarketable) and computed yield per hectare as affected by fertilizer level.
A yield of 4.94 t/ha was obtained from Chinese White variety that Chinese Dark Green with a mean yield of 2.131 t/ha. Likewise, treatments produced significantly marketable and unmarketable as compared to control. Chinese White variety obtained better result in growth yield performance than Chinese Dark Green.
However, statistical results shows that yield of two varieties is highly significant different from each other with a mean of 1.65 t/ha and 4.25 t/ha.
As shown in the result, the weight of marketable pods and computed total yield is significantly different in both variety and treatment.
With an increase of fertilizer level, the number of pods, length of pods, and weight of pods (marketable and unmarketable) markedly influenced by the interaction of variety and the yield of garden pea increased through application of complete fertilizer.