PERFORMANCE OF TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS LEAF GROWN IN UREA HYDROPONIC SOLUTION

The study evaluated the performances of Telfairia occidentalis Hooker fil. under varying growth media subject to amount Urea granules (25 g, 50 75 100 125 g and 150 g) dissolved in water containing micronutrients. were M25U, M50U, M75U, M100U, M125U, M150U, Control. Two-week old seedlings T. raised using River-sand transferred into non-circulatory media. indices (vine main length (VML), number leaves (NL), stem girth (SG), petiole (PL), internode (LI), leaf area (LA), total (TLA)) measured weekly. root (RL), fresh weight (RFW), dry (RDW) pigment components determined 5 weeks after planting following standard procedures. Across studied, Control medium had highest VML, NL, LA, TLA, PL composition occidentalis. However, among media, M25U produced relatively chlorophyll, RFW while M50U RL RDW. Also, grown chlorophyll content (33.22 mg/g), followed by (22.88 mg/g) was significantly different from other media.M100U effectively enhanced carotenoids (6.49 compared others. showed that mineral performance Hence, are recommended for growing