The Dominant Effect of Cabomba furcata Compost as Non-native Invasive Species Towards the Growth Performance of Elaeis guineensis Seedling

Organic agricultural activities are highly recognized as an enhancement for biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activities. Used of invasive weeds as organic amendments demonstrated a positive noticeable result in agricultural industries. Cabomba furcata was recognized as one of the worst invasive species that harm the aquatic ecosystem. Exploitation of C. furcata as an organic compost is an alternative solution to encounter this issue. Composting of C. furcata was conducted and the effect of compost was evaluated on the growth performance of Elaeis guineensis seedling. Five different amounts of compost were used are 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 g with negative control as no compost and positive control as commercial fertilizer. Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) was established as an experimental design with 7 treatments and 8 replications. Data on growth performance were collected and analysed using ANOVA and Microsoft Excel. The result shows that 1000 g of C. furcata compost indicated the highest result for plant height, leaf width and leaf length. Application of commercial fertilizer dominated the result for stem girth and leaf number. As a conclusion, 1000 g of compost was highlighted as the alternative best rate of compost to obtain the optimum growth performance of E. guineensis seedling.