K-BIO Efficacy Trail

Crop/Fruit/Vegetable:	Penta Flowers (variety Cherry Tree), Maasai Flowers (variety Rubicon) and Black Petal (variety Hamosa)
Study:	Efficacy evaluation of K-BIO on Kenyan Roses
Name of the Center:	KEPHIS Commercialization approval trial, Kenya
Trial Locations:	1. Penta Flowers in Roses Field No. 55 2.Maasai Flowers in Roses Field No. 18 3.Black Petal in Roses Field No. 6
Date of the trial:	April 2020
Treatment:	K-BIO with 50%, 75% & 100% RFP and control.
Application:	Foliar spray at intervals of 10 days
Observation:	Bud size and flower fresh weight of Roses.
Dosage:	5L/ha
Conclusion:	K-BIO with 75% RFP shows highest yield with Black petal and Maasai.

Marketable Stem and Stem Length:

First Flush

Treatment	Marketable Stems/m2	Marketable Stems/m2	Marketable Stems/m2	Stem Length(cm)	Stem Length(cm)	Stem Length(cm)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	36b	30c	20.6b	22.6b	24.4b	38.6b
K-bio+100%RFP	55a	47a	33.3a	35.b	38.7a	61.0a
K-bio+50%RFP	58a	48a	34.3a	35.0a	39.0a	60.0a
K-bio+75%RFP	57a	48a	34.3a	32.3a	39.0a	60.0a
Referance+RFP	51a	48a	31.3a	33.9a	35.1a	55.6a
RFP	56a	46a	31.7a	33.9a	36.9a	55.7a
Untreated Control	24c	18d	13.7c	21.9b	23.3b	34.3b
P-Value	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001
LSD	7.133	4.766	3.764	4.103	4.688	7.121

Second Flush

Treatment	Marketable Stems/m2	Marketable Stems/m2	Marketable Stems/m2	Stem Length(cm)	Stem Length(cm)	Stem Length(cm)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	43b	43c	30c	32.3b	35.0b	49.3b
K-bio+100%RFP	60a	56ab	40a	42.1a	43.8a	67.1a
K-bio+50%RFP	63a	56ab	41a	40.5a	41.8ab	62.2a
K-bio+75%RFP	62a	57a	42a	41.3a	42.5a	65.1a
Referance+RFP	60a	51b	35a	40.0a	39.4ab	61.2a
RFP	61a	56ab	38ab	40.7a	40.7ab	61.2c
Untreated Control	30c	24d	20d	28.1b	27.1c	34.7c
P-Value	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	0.002	<.001
LSD	7.176	5.683	4.047	5.591	6.746	8.37

Stem Thickness and Vase Life:

First Flush:

Treatment	Stem Thickness(MM)	Stem thickness(mm)	Stem thickness(MM)	vase life(days)	vase life(days)	vase life(days)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	4.4a	4.9a	5.5a	11	10a	11a
K-bio+100%RFP	4.7a	5.3a	5.8a	10	11a	11a
K-bio+50%RFP	4.7a	5.5a	5.1a	11	11a	11a
K-bio+75%RFP	5.0a	5.4a	5.9a	12	11a	11a
Referance+RFP	4.6a	5.2a	6.1a	12	11a	11a
RFP	4.6a	5.2a	6.1a	11	10a	11a
Untreated Control	3.2b	3.6b	3.8b	8b	11a	8b
P-Value	0.005	0.004	<.001	<.001	0.002	0.009
LSD	0.7355	0.789	0.7825	1.109	9.316	1.632

Second Flush:

Treatment	stem thickness(mm)	stem thickness(mm)	stem thickness(mm)	vase life(days)	vase life(days)	vase life(days)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	4.0a	6.0a	5.0a	11a	11a	11a
K-bio+100%RFP	4.3a	6.4a	5.3a	11a	10a	11a
K-bio+50%RFP	4.4a	6.5a	5.3a	12a	11a	12a
K-bio+75%RFP	4.3a	6.4a	5.5a	11a	11a	13a
Referance+RFP	4.1a	6.2a	5.5a	12a	10a	12a
RFP	4.1a	6.1a	5.0a	11a	11a	12a
Untreated Control	3.0b	4.4b	3.4b	8b	8b	8b
P-Value	0.003	0.006	<.001	<.001	0.004	0.002
LSD	0.5823	0.949	0.7251	0.964	1.453	1.697

Bud Size and Fresh Flower weight:

First Flush

Treatment	bud size	bud size	bud size	flower fresh weight(g)	flower fresh weight(g)	flower fresh weight(g)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	21.9b	22.3c	25.0b	7.5b	8.1c	9.0b
K-bio+100%RFP	29.6a	33.3a	36.0a	8.7ab	10.3a	11.0a
K-bio+50%RFP	31.5a	33.8a	36.3a	11.0a	10.9a	11.7a
K-bio+75%RFP	30.1a	32.7a	36.7a	10.1a	11.5a	12.0a
Referance+RFP	27.1a	28.9b	32.6a	9.7a	9.9b	10.7a
RFP	25.8ab	27.9b	32.0a	7.9b	8.4c	9.7ab
Untreated Control	17.2c	17.3d	19.6c	5.9c	5.6d	6.6c
P-Value	<.001	<.001	<.001	0.005	<.001	0.007
LSD	5.077	3.635	4.317	2.213	1.817	2.486

Second Flush

Treatment	bud size	bud size	bud size	Flower fresh weight(g)	flower fresh weight(g)	flower fresh weight(g)
treatment	penta	maasai	blackpetal	Penta	maasai	Blackpetal
K-bio Alone	26.9bc	32.1c	32b	11.3a	11.0ab	9.0ab
K-bio+100%RFP	35.5a	40.0ab	40.0a	11.3a	11.7ab	9.6ab
K-bio+50%RFP	33.8a	41.0a	40.4a	11.3a	11.7ab	11.3a
K-bio+75%RFP	33.7a	39.3ab	40.3a	12.0a	13.0a	11.2a
Referance+RFP	30.2ab	34.7ba	36.2ab	12.4a	12.6a	10.3a
RFP	30.2ab	33.8c	36.2ab	8.8b	10.1b	8.7ab
Untreated Control	21.0c	21.9d	22.7c	7.1d	7.5c	6.7b
P-Value	0.006	<.001	<.001	<.001	0.002	0.062
LSD	6.085	5.149	5.423	1.821	2.209	2.951