Authors: 1Chrizza E. Bustamante
, 1Hersie C. Suarez
, 1Marc Joseph B. Sinangote
, 1Niña Chieque Diane O. Briones
, 2Bryan L. Bitantos
, 2Rosienie D. Gallardo
, 3Reybhoy A. Ramos
, 3Leziel Digang
1MSU-BC Senior High School Deparment, 2Environmental Science Department, College of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Mindanao State
University - Buug Campus, 3College of Agriculture, Mindanao State University - Buug Campus
Email: bryan.bitantos@msubuug.edu.ph
ABSTRACT
Laburnum anagyroides commonly known as golden chain is a deciduous tree commonly grown as an ornamental tree for landscaping
throughout Europe. In the Philippines, its use as an ornamnental plant is not widely exploited. Hence, it is important to understand this plant
in terms of its seedling growth and production. The effects of different soil media on the early growth performance of golden chain tree in
terms of average height, average number of leaves, and average stem diameter are reported here. Three treatments were used to determine the
effects of different soil media on the early growth performance of golden chain seeds: treatment one (T1) 2 kg of clay, treatment two (T2) 2 kg
of loam, and treatment three (T3) 2 kg of sandy loam. The treatments were replicated five times, which resulted into a total of 15 experimental
golden chain seeds. Collection of data on the changes in the height and number of leaves were done on the 10th
, 15th, and 20th day after sowing (DAS). On the changes of stem diameter, data were collected on the 20th DAS. The findings of the study indicated that there were no significant differences on the effects of different soil media on the early growth performance of the golden chain seeds in terms of average
height and average number of leaves on the 10th, 15th, and 20th DAS. No significant difference was also evaluated on the average stem diameter on the 20th DAS. Based on the result, it implied that golden chain seeds with different soil treatments showed same early growth performance in terms of average height, average number of leaves and average stem diameter. For future studies, it is recommended to evaluate the
growth performance of golden chain using different soil media in a one year observation.
Keywords: Clay, early growth performance, Laburnum anagyroides, loam, sandy loam