GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF RADISH (Raphanus sativus L.) AS AFFECTED BY FISH AMINO ACID AS SOIL DRENCH APPLICATION

The study entitled the "Growth and Yield Performance of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.). This field experiment was conducted at the college of Agriculture Experimental Thesis area, Mindanao State University, Fatima General Santos City from June 01 to July 15, 2021. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with the five treatments replicated three times such as: T1- Control (no application), T2- Fish Amino Acid (2%), T3- Fish Amino Acid (3%), T4- Fish Amino Acid (4%) and T5- Fish Amino Acid (5%) The study aimed to evaluate the performance of Radish by its Length of Leaves from Base up to the Tallest Leaf (cm), number of leaves, Length of Roots (cm), Weight of Roots (g) and yield in order to determine the effect of different levels of Fish Amino Acid with. The application of FAA at different levels had no statistical significance across all treatments based on length of leaves, number of leaves, weight of roots and yield. Significant differences were determined for the length of roots. Treatment- 5 had the longest root with 26.33 cm, followed by Treatment-2 with a mean value of 26.03 cm, Treatment- 4 with a mean value of 25.55 cm, Treatment-3 with a mean value of 24.45 cm and the shortest was Ttreatment-1 with a mean value of 21.13 cm.
It was found out that the drench application of fish amino acid did not significantly affect the length of leaves, number of leaves, weight of roots, but significantly affected the length of roots of radish.
Soil drench application at different levels of fish amino acid did not improve the yield performance of the radish, but increased the length of roots from 21.13 cm to 24.45 cm to longest length of 26.33 cm. In conclusion, length of roots of radish increased with drench application of FAA. Therefore, it is recommended to apply FAA by drenching in order to increase length of roots of radish.
For further studies, it is suggested and recommended to conduct the same study particularly to improve the water drenching for the plants by adding 5 to 10 liters of water in order for the plants to get thoroughly wet. Water should be done within 12 hours after FAA application. It is also recommended for the future researches to conduct a study on using fish amino acid on the other crops.