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Effect of organic and inorganic nutrient sources on growth and development of Anaheim pepper
No full textGlobally, Fertilizers are important agricultural inputs that add nutrients to improve plant growth, soil health and maintain soil fertility. These three factors directly contribute to yield production. To enhance the yield of Anaheim pepper, Capsicum annum ‘Anaheim’ soil amendments are used in this study. Anaheim pepper is a member of the Capsicum spp. It is a mild variety of chili pepper with versatile uses. Alfalfa mill is used as soil amendment with the NPK ratio of 3:1:2 but in three different proportions, whereas Miracle-Gro® was used as the inorganic fertilizer with the NPK ratio of 9:4:12. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) was followed to know the effects of these two different nutrient sources on Anaheim pepper. Growth and development due to these two plant nutrient sources was compared to the control plants grown without the nutrients. Total design comprised of Five treatments: Control (C), Inorganic fertilizer (Miracle-Gro®), and three concentrations of Organic fertilizer (SA1, SA2, SA3 with 9 g, 18 g and 27 g of milled alfalfa respectively). Growth and development parameters measured to ascertain the fertilizer effects on pepper were stomatal conductance, transpiration, chlorophyll content, biomass, height, yield, and water holding capacity of the growth medium. Results of the study indicate that Anaheim pepper grown with 27 g of the soil amendment performed best in all parameters and had the highest yield
