PJB-2017-560
EFFECT OF VERMICOMPOST ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CHlLI (Capsicum annum L.)
KAMRAN SHAH
Abstract
Use of chemical fertilizer to fulfill the nutrients requirements of vegetable plants is hazardous practice. That�s why in recent times researchers are finding ways to produce through organic technique. A randomize complete block design (RCBD) experiments with two factors i-e vermicompost (0, 1.5, 2, and 2.5 t?ha?1) and cultivars (Magma and Himaliya) was designed to study effect of vermicompost on growth, yield and quality of chili (Capsicum annum L.)� at Horticulture Research Farm, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during April 2016. The data pertaining to vermicompost showed that growth, yield and quality parameters increased with increasing level of vermicompost. Maximum plant height (93.83 cm), stem diameter (1.69 cm), number of branches (12), leaf area (1337.3 cm2), fruit length (10.92 cm), fruit weight (4.80 gm), root length (23.11 cm), yield (8.26 tons ha-1) and highest ascorbic acid content (193.33 mg 100-1g) were recorded at 2.5 tons ha-1 of vermicompost, in which maximum cost benefit ratio (1.86) was also noticed. In case of cultivars maximum plant height (89.58 cm), stem diameter (1.55cm), number of branches (10.67 fruit weight (4.27 gm), fruit length (10.33 cm ), root length (21.07 cm) and yield (6.55 tons ha-1), were recorded in Magma cultivar. while the minimum ascorbic acid content (165.50 mg 100-1g) and leaf area (1102.2 cm2) were also recorded in cultivar Magma. However highest ascorbic acid content (184.08mg 100-1g) and maximum leaf area (1211.6 cm2) were recorded in cultivar Himaliya. while minimum plant height (83.58 cm), stem diameter (1.46 cm), number of branches (8.92), fruit length (8.94 cm), fruit weight (3.81 gm), root length (21.07 cm) and yield (5.57 tons ha-1) were also record in cultivar Himaliya. It is found that Magma cultivar supplied with 2.5 tons ha-1 vermicompost showed better growth, yield and quality parameters throughout the experiment under the agro-climatic conditions of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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