Foliar Application of Nutrients Solution (Macro and Micro) on Local Chilli (Capsicum sp.) Gremplasms
Md. Shah Newaz Chowdhury *
Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Md. Nasir Hossain Sani
Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Rezowana Nizam
Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Tania Sultana
Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Shahnaz Sarkar
Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
A. F. M. Jamal Uddin
Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the morph physiological attributes, growth, quality and yield performance of five local chilli germplasm viz., Akashi (V1), Kajoli (V2), Deshi kacha morich (V3), Bogra morich (V4), Dongfou (V5) with liquid (macro & micro) nutrient solution viz. S0 (Control), S1 (Solution-1), S2 (Solution-2) were exploited on the experiment. Major characters of growth and yield such as plant height, days to first flower bud initiation, number of flowers/plant, number of fruits/plant, individual fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter, yield/plant, protein, and vitamin C content were influenced by amalgamation of germplasm with foliar nutrient solution. However, In amalgamation, maximum number of fruit per plant (327.0) from V2S1 and 1000 seed weight (3.8 g), yield (803.9 g/pant), fresh yield (19.6 t ha-1) obtained from V1S1 whereas lowest number of fruit from V5S0 (72.3/ pant) and 1000 seed weight (2.6 g), yield (116.2 g/ pant), fresh yield (10.4 t ha-1) obtained from V4S0.
Keywords: Chilli germplasm (Capsicum sp), nutrient solution (macro & micro) fruits quality and yield.