GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF MUNGBEAN (Vigna radiata L.) APPLIED WITH DIFFERENT SOURCE OF MANURE TEA

Mungbean (Vigna radiate L.) is grown principally for its protein rich edible seeds that are used as human food, while its herbage is used as fodder and green manure. It can be planted as intercrop, rotation and relay crop. The field experiment on the "Growth and Yield Response of Mungbean Apllied with different Sources of Manure Tea was conducted at the Expiremental Area, College of Agriculture, MSU Campus, Fatima, General Santos City, from February to April 2019 , with the following objectives: (1) To evaluate the growth and yield response of mungbean to different manure tea, (2) to determine which manure tea can improve growth and yield of mung bean. The experimental design used was Randomized Complete Block with four ( 4) treatments replicated three times. The treatments were as follows. Treatment 1 -( Control) no apllication, T2 - chicken manure tea, T3 Goat manure tea, and T4 - Cow manure tea. The application of different sources of manure tea did not significantly affect the plant height, number of pods, and bean yield of mungbean. Treatment 3 obtained the highest results in terms of plant height (48.23 cm), Treatment 4 in terms of number of pods per plant (13.20) and bean yield (1.96 t/ha). While Treatment 4 among the treatments obtained the lowest result in terms of plant height (45.55 cm), Treatment 2 in number of pods per plant (3.76) and bean yield (1.34g). Based on the result of the study the application of different sources of manure tea showed improved vegetative growth of the mungbean due to different manure tea application but the degree of the improvement was not remarkable, Treatment used only served as suplementary fertilizer The study would also served as basic information in knowing the beneficial effects of different manure tea not only on the growth and yield of mungbean but also other crops.