Coffee (<i>Coffea arabica</i> L.) Seed Emergence and Seedling Growth Rate Responses to Different Pot Size and Biochar Based Nursery Media Preparation at Awada South Ethiopia

Leta Ajema Gebisa

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Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Seed Emergence and Seedling Growth Rate Responses to Different Pot Size and Biochar Based Nursery Media Preparation at Awada South Ethiopia

Leta Ajema Gebisa

Published in American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 7, Issue 3)

Received: 4 July 2022 Accepted: 6 August 2022 Published: 24 August 2022

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Coffee production is essentially based on the production of quality seedlings with the desirable shoot and root growth at appropriete time of transplanting. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of pot size and biochar based rooting media composition on the coffee seedling emergence rate and relative growth rate. The experiment was laid out in a factorial experiment arranged in RCBD with three replications. The treatment combination included four levels of pot size (P₁=7x13cm, P₂=10x16cm, P₃=13x19cm and P₄=16x22cm) and five biochar to topsoil ratios (0:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4 v/v). All emergence percentage, emergence rate and also seedling relative growth rate data were collected aproprietely and computed using SAS software. Treatment means separation was canducted by using LSD at 5%. Biochar application was highly (P=0.0001) accelerated coffee seed emergency rate. The highest value (0.33) emergence rate also recorded from one to one (1:1) biochar to topsoil ratio while the lowest for topsoil alone or 2gDAP/seedling. However, significantly (P=0.014) higher relative growth rate (0.83 mg/g/day) were found in the 16x22cm pot size interacted with one to four (1:4) biochar to top soil ratio followed by the seedling grow in 13x19cm and the same ratio of biochar to top soil. On the other hand, the lowest value of relative growth rate (0.64 mg/g/day) was recorded under (7x13cm) pot size without any amendments. Therefore, biochar based nursery media preparation is the best option to accelerate the coffee seedling emergence and seedling relative growth rate at a lower ratio of biochar that provides alternative enhancement media options to speed up coffee seedling growth rate.

Published in	American Journal of Plant Biology (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpb.20220703.12
Page(s)	127-131
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Biochar-Ratio, Coffee Seedling, Emergency Rate, Growth Rate, Pot Size

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