Evaluation of the combined effect of organic and chemical fertilizers on some morphological, physiological, characteristics yield components and performance of sweet pepper (Caspsicum Annuum, Var: Traviata) under field conditions

Subject Areas : Genetic

sayd fazel fazeli kakhki ¹ , hossein rezvani ² , morteza goldani ³ , nastaran hemmati ⁴

1 - Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center , Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Gorgan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO), Gorgan, Iran
3 - Department of Agronomy, Agriculture College, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 - Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2019-01-10 Accepted : 2019-05-22 Published : 2019-09-23

Keywords: Stomatal Conductance, Organic fertilizers, Capsicum annum, SPAD index,

Abstract :

In order to investigate the combined effect of organic and chemical fertilizers on vegetative and yield characteristics of sweet pepper (Caspsicum annuum, Var: Traviata), an experiment was conducted on a randomized complete block design with three replications at Ferdowsi University Research Station Mashhad, in 2017. Treatments included control (without adding any fertilizer), NPK fertilizer, manure, vermicompost, vermicompost + chemical fertilizer, manure + chemical fertilizer, manure + vermicompost, and manure + vermicompost + chemical fertilizer. Results showed that the application of combined animal and chemical fertilizers significantly increased the morphological and yield components of the plant. The highest plant height, leaf number, leaf area, shoot dry weight, SPAD index, fruit length, number of fruits per plant, and fruit fresh weight per plant were obtained from combined treatment of manure and chemical fertilizers. Applying combined manure and chemical fertilizers increased the amount of stomata conductance about 45% in comparison with the control. The highest number of stomata in fruit was obtained from vermicompost treatment and the highest fruit diameter was recorded from combined vermicompost and chemical fertilizer. In general, the results showed that the combined application of manure and chemical fertilizer due to the effect of improving physical and chemical structure of soil, stimulation of some microorganisms, and availability of nutrients, led to increases in the morphological traits, yield components, and yield of sweet pepper.

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