This study examines the effects of chicken manure and fermented plant juice (FPJ) on the growth and yield of mustard leaves. A randomized complete block design with two treatments (chicken manure and FPJ) and three replications will be used. Mustard seeds will be planted and the treatments applied weekly after transplanting. Data on plant height, number of leaves, leaf size, and weight will be collected and analyzed. The study aims to determine which fertilizer results in faster growth, more leaves, larger leaves, and greater weight of mustard plants.

1. Growth and yield performance of
Mustard Leaves (Brassica juncea) to the
application of Chicken Manure and
Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)

2. CHAPTER I
PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

5. FPJ is a fermented
extract of a plant’s
sap andchlorophyll's.
It is a rich enzyme
solution full of
microorganisms such
as lactic acid bacteria
and yeast that
invigorates plants
and animals.

6. Statement of the Problem

7. Which of the following fertilizers (Fermented Plant Juice and
Chicken Manure) would give mustard leaves an ideal growth in
terms of:
- Faster and healthier growth
- Most number of leaves
- Bigger size of leaves
- Weight

8. Objectives of the Study
To determine the significant difference in terms of
the duration of growth, number and size of the
leaves and overall weight of mustard plant in the
different concentrations of soil supplemented by
Chicken Manure and Fermented Plant Juice.

9. Signifance of the Study
Researchers – it will help the researchers to have an
additional information and knowledge about the long term
good effects of using organic fertilizer as an alternative to
the commercially available synthetic/inorganic fertilizers.

10. Environment – it will help the environment by
minimizing the waste materials due to the continuous
use of different synthetic/inorganic fertilizers.
Farmers – it will help the farmers by providing them other
alternative ways to refrain them from using
synthetic/inorganic fertilizers and introducing them to
organic farming.

11. Time and Place of the Study
The study will be conducted from May to
September 2023 at Brgy. Apad Quezon, Calauag,
Quezon at the researcher’s place.

12. Scope and Limitations of the Study
This study is limited to the growth and yield performance
of mustard applied with chicken manure and Fermented
Plant Juice (FPJ). It has 2 treatments replicated three
times in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD).

13. REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE

14. Mustard leaves as a source of food
The leaves, seeds, and stems of this mustard
variety are edible. The mustard condiment made
from the seeds of the B. juncea is called brown
mustard and is considered to be spicier than yellow
mustard. It is widely used in canning, baking and
margarine production in Russia, and the majority of
Russian table mustard is also made from B. juncea.
Sakorn P; Rakariyatham N, 2012

15. Grubben G; Denton O, 2004
The leaves are used in African cooking and all
plant parts are used in Nepali cuisine,
particularly in the mountain regions of Nepal
as well as in the Punjabi cuisine in the
northern part of the Indian subcontinent,
where a dish called sarson da saag (mustard
greens) is prepared.

16. Chandrassekaran, 2013
B. juncea subsp. tatsai, which has a
particularly thick stem, is used to make the
Nepali pickle called achar, and the Chinese
pickle zha cai.

17. Larkin and Griffin 2007, Ochiai et al. 2008 have found
that mustards can suppress some diseases such as
Verticillium dahliae and Aphanomyces euteiches
(common root rot).
Mustard leaves as a green manure
Mojtahedi et al.1993; Fourie et al. 2016. Mustard green
manures have also been found to suppress Columbia root-
knot nematodes and may be effective against other types of
nematodes

18. Mustard leaves as a green manure
Improve soil quality. Regular use of mustard green manure
crops, with reduced tillage, has been found to increase soil
organic matter levels and water infiltration rates and reduce
wind erosion (McGuire 2003).

19. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Materials
Pots, mustard seeds, seedling tray, chicken manure, and
Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) was use in this study.
Treatments
T1 – Chicken Manure
T2 – Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)

20. The Experimental Design
An experiment having four (2) treatments and three (3)
replicates arranged in a complete randomized design (CRD)
is used in this study to determine the growth and yield
performance of mustard leaves to the different
concentrations of soil.

21. Preparation of Planting Materials and Sowing of Seeds
Sowing of vegetable seed is done using seedling trays and
typical garden soil applied with the two (2) treatments: T1 –
Chicken Manure and T2 - Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ).

22. Application of Treatments
Treatments are applied in a weekly basis, week
after transplanting. Application of T1 (chicken
manure) is done by basal application to the soil, T2
(fermented plant juice) is done using foliar
application to plants.

23. Harvesting
Mustard grows fast, so you can begin picking leaves in
about 4 weeks, when the leaves are 6 to 8 inches long.
Left alone, leaves reach their full size of 15 to 18 inches
long in about 6 weeks.

24. Data Gathering
1. Growth
The growth of plants will be determine in terms of
height. The data on Height was collected by measuring
the height of the sample mutard plant from the ground
level to the tip of the tallest leaf using a meter stick.

25. 1. Yield
a) Number of leaves per plant. This will be taken
by adding the total number of leaves per plant
from the sample plants and divide by the total
number of sample plants.

26. b) Weight of leaves/plant.
The average weight of leaves/plant will be done by
weighing the entire number of leaves from the
representative sample plants divide the total
number of sample plants.

27. Analysis of Data
All data collected was gathered, recorded,
tabulate and analyze statistically following
the ANOVA for Randomized Complete Block
Design (RCBD).

28. Thank you.