Direct Application of Coffee Pulp Vermicompost Produced from Epigeic Earthworms and Its Residual Effect on Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Table 2

The three-way combination effect of the media type, application rate, and application effect on the number of fruits per plant of hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.).

Application effect	Media type	Number of fruits per plant
		Application rate
		5	10	15
Direct	CEV	143.10 ± 4.58^d	184.32 ± 4.04^b	222.33 ± 9.29^a
	CDV	128.00 ± 2.65^efg	158.30 ± 4.04^c	164.67 ± 11.37^c
	CEV_CDV	135.05 ± 2.02^de	163.29 ± 6.51^c	189.34 ± 12.50^b
	Control	32.67 ± 4.73^k
Residual	CEV	113.04 ± 7.55^hi	139.00 ± 4.58^de	158.01 ± 10.54^c
	CDV	101.68 ± 5.03^j	120.02 ± 8.89^gh	133.66 ± 6.69^def
	CEV_CDV	106.01 ± 3.61^ij	123.00 ± 5.57^fgh	144.68 ± 6.11^d
	Control	24.33 ± 3.51^k
Mean	134.22
LSD	11.27
CV	5.09
value

CEV = coffee pulp Eisenia fetida vermicompost, CDV = coffee pulp Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost, and CEV_CDV = a combination of coffee pulp Eisenia fetida and Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost. Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at the 5% LSD test.