The effects of pome (palm oil mill effluent) on growth, fruiting and post harvest quality of brinjal on bris soil

Abstract

Bris soils are knowingly unstructured, have high moisture stress, and low in water holding capacity. Furthermore, it is also low in nutrient content and has high surface temperature since it has less water holding capacity. Thus, the way to solve this problem is to build up humus in the soil as well as facilitating nutrient cycling. It needs organic matter to improve water holding capacity to make it suitable to be used for crop planting. The use of inorganic fertilizer such as POME (palm oil mill effluent) will improve the soil, reduce the cost of production and provide nutrients for plants. The aim of this study is to see the effect of POME on growth, fruiting and post harvest quality of brinjal on bris soil. In this study, there were 5 treatments with different ratios of Bris soil and POME. The evaluation of effect of POME on brinjal plants was based on several parameters. On growth effects, Bris soil treated with the highest ratio of POME (3:4) gave even better plant growth and greater stem diameter after four weeks of planting. This showed that the plants growth were vigorous with the addition of POME. On fruiting effect, Bris soil treated with POME gave even greater yield and the weight of each produce was greater compared to plants without POME's treatment. For the post harvest quality of brinjal, plants treated with POME gave better fruit firmness, total soluble solid and pH. Generally, these traits are much preferred by the consumers.