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 1

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

Application effects	Media type	Number of leaves per plant
		Application rate
		5	10	15
Direct	CEV	271.31 + 2.52^g	327.00 ± 4.36^d	499.33 + 50.64^a
	CDV	242.66 + 2.52^hi	276.34 ± 7.23^fg	306.68 + 17.90^de
	CEV_CDV	258.33 + 3.06^gh	297.30 ± 3.05^ef	410.01 + 18.73^b
	Control	28.67 + 2.52^l
Residual	CEV	208.03 + 10.44^jk	315.00 ± 6.24^de	361.33 + 14.22^c
	CDV	200.00 + 2.02^k	217.33 ± 4.04^jk	242.66 + 10.26^hi
	CEV_CDV	205.65 + 5.69^k	231.66 ± 21.78^ij	319.03 + 13.00^de
	Control	20.04 + 2.65^l
Mean	261.92
LSD	24.76
CV	5.73
value

CEV = coffee pulp Eisenia fetida vermicompost, CDV = coffee pulp Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost, CEV_CDV = a combination of Eisenia fetida vermicompost and Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost, LSD = least significant difference, and CV = coefficient of variation. Similar letters under the same column are not significantly different,  < 0.01.