Growth and Yield Performance of Corn (Zea mays) as Affected by the Application of Different Organic Fertilizers

The focus of the study was on the growth and yield performance of corn (Zea mays) was tested using different organic fertilizers, with; treatment 1 (control or zero fertilizer), Treatment 2 (100 grams of Carbonized Chicken Dung), Treatment 3 (100 grams Carabao/Cattle manure), Treatment 4 (100 grams vermicast application). All four treatments were distributed equally in three blocking, following the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). All treatment was established directly in a seed bed. Due to the time constraint, the study last for 2-3 months only, which comprises 5 weeks of gathering data as to the number of leaves and height of corn, and weight of corn-ear, excluding the preparation of the site for planting and germination time. Table 1.1. The average number of leaves of corn (Zea mays) per block applied with the different organic fertilizer, reveals that treatment 4 get the highest number of leaves (6.83) same number of treatment 2(6.83), followed by treatment 3(6.5) while treatment 1(5.83) get the lowest average mean in terms of the number of leaves. Table 2.1. The average height of corn (Zea mays) in cm per block applied with the different organic fertilizers, reveals that treatment 4 get the tallest among the four treatments(65.58cm) followed by treatment 3(58.33 cm), treatment 2(56.75cm) and treatment 1 get the shortest in terms of height (52.92 cm). Table 3.1. The average weight of corn (Zea mays) in grams per block applied with the different organic fertilizers treatment 4(62.67 g) get the heaviest among the four treatments followed by treatment 3(55.42g), treatment 2(54.37g) and treatment 1(52.22g) get the lightest weight, As to the result, it was clearly stated and revealed in the ANOVA table that most of the treatment showed the same performance or nonsignificant as to the dependent variables. Hence, as to the height of corn (Zea mays) we observed, that despite the result that is not significant the treatment is form part of the improvement or growth and development of the corn. The result shown in table 2.1, reveals that Treatment 4 (vermicast application) has a good performance for the development of the height of corn