Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

INFLUENCE OF SOME MANURES (ORGANIC AND INORGANIC) ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM LINN).

Kareem, I. A.

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of some organic and inorganic manures on the optimal growth and yield of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) so as to form a reliable basis for selection of the most appropriate manure as growth improvement strategy. The seedlings were raised in a germination polythene pot filled with top soil and the seeds germinated/seedlings emerged at the 6th day after planting. The design of the experiment was a complete randomized design (CRD) consisting of four treatments (NPK 15:15:15 at 36kg/ha, pulverized poultry manure (PPM) at 500kg/ha, pulverized cow dung at 500kg/ha and top soil as control). The treatments were assigned randomly and replicated three times. The morphological parameters assessed include: plant height, leaf count, collar girth and number of anches while the yield indices evaluated were number of flowers, number of fruits and weight of fruits (fresh and dry). The data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significant differences were observed among the treatments at 5% probability level (P≤0.05). NPK emerged as the best manure, this was followed by poultry droppings, cow–dung manure and the least was the control (top soil).

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KAREEM, I. A., INFLUENCE OF SOME MANURES (ORGANIC AND INORGANIC) ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM LINN)., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018


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