Lady Finger Test Report
Test period: 25 June 2021 to 4 August 2021
Site and Location: Lim Chu Kang Lane 4, Singapore
Crop type: Lady Finger
Test Product: PN, PI
Environment Condition: Soil Growth
Prepared by: Johnny Chong
Completion date: 4 August
Evaluation Objective:
To test the effectiveness of PN60L on the growth of Lady Finger plant.
To test the effectiveness of PN60L + PI on the growth of Lady Finger plant.
Experimental Set-up:
Group 1: Control
Group 2: PN60L
Group 3: PN60L + PI
Number of plants per group was standardized at 30 plants to ensure fairness when comparing results with each group. The test product was in a 1:500 dilution for both PN60L and PI.
|
Group Number |
Test product |
Number of plants |
|
1 |
Control |
30 |
|
2 |
PN60L (1:500) |
30 |
|
3 |
PN60L (1:500) + PI (1:500) |
30 |
Figure 1: Table showing experimental design for the test
Data Collection:
Harvesting was done from 25 June 2021 all the way to 4 August 2021 and the results obtained are collated in the table below.
Figure 2: Table showing collated results from each group
Data Analysis:
At the end of the test, collated results are compared with one another to show the distinct difference between the three groups. The first comparison is between the total weights harvested from each group.
Figure 3: Graph showing data of total weight comparison
Group 2 has a 14% increase in yield compared to group 1 and a 18% increase in yield compared to group 3. Group 1 has a 4% increase in yield compared to Group 3. Second comparison was done based on the yield of each group. It is important to take note that the products used from MIT is to increase the weight, speed and taste of the vegetables we are looking to achieve.
Figure 4: Graph showing data of total yield comparison of the three groups
Final comparison was done based on the average weight of the vegetables from each group.
Figure 5: Graph showing data of average weight comparison
Conclusion:
Based on the analysis done for total weight of harvested vegetables, Group 2 (PN60L) shows the greatest amount at 4851g followed by Group 1 (Control) at 4270g and lastly Group 3 (PN60L+PI) at 4101g. Based on the analysis done for yield number of harvested vegetables, Group 1 (Control) had the highest yield number at 414 pieces followed by Group 2 (PN60L) at 349 pieces and lastly Group 3(PN60L+PI) at 290 pieces.
Based on the analysis for average weight of the harvest vegetables, Group 3 had the highest average weight at 14.14g followed closely by Group 2 at 13.90g and lastly Group 1 at 10.31g. The test results from the 3 groups we took was over 6 weeks, we wanted to show case the effects using the products in terms of faster growth, an increase in weight of the vegetables when harvested.