Call for Papers : Volume 16, Issue 03, March 2025, Open Access; Impact Factor; Peer Reviewed Journal; Fast Publication

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Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) as a probable herbal growth agent of Tomato Plant

Despite the fact that Moringaoleifera extracts can enhance plant growth, improve yield, and increase resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses its effects on tomato plant growth have not been extensively researched. Hence, this study sought to investigate the potential of Moringaoleiferaextracts as aherbal growth agent of tomato plants. The study was conducted in Cape Coast. Three concentrations of Moringa leaf, bark and root were used as experimental set up whereas water was used as control. Plant height, number of leaves, leaf length and number of stem branches were determined. Means were compared by using two way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Leaf extract influenced the highest plant height (13. 99±0.15) followed by root (13.86±0.1), bark (13.33±0.13) and the control (9.25±0.76). The differences among the treatment means were statistically significant (F =29.40974; P<0.05). Though, all the Moringa extracts promoted longer leaf length, the differences among the treatment means were not statistically significant (p>0.05). The indication is that Moringa leaf, root and bark extracts promise to be tomato plant vegetative growth promoters. However, there is the need to undertake confirmation studies and to determine the exact content of the Moringa plant that does the promotion of tomato plant parts.

Author: 
Maxwell Afabla Akanpee; Wisdom Harrison Kofi Hordzi and Gabriel Obeng Boatey
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Life Sciences