EFFECT OF TRANSPLANTING DATE AND MICRONUTRIENT FOR QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF CAPSICUM VARIETIES UNDER PROTECTED CONDITION

SARIKA KUMARI¹, ASIM DAS²*, RAJKUMARI ASHA DEVI³, SANKHENDU BIKASH CHATTOPADHYAY⁴, SHUBHAM KUMAR KULSHRESHTHA^5
1Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
²Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
³Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
⁴Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
⁵Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
* Corresponding Author : asimdas.bckv@gmail.com

Received : 10-12-2016     Accepted : 28-02-2017     Published : 30-03-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 15       Pages : 4097 - 4100
Int J Agr Sci 9.15 (2017):4097-4100

Keywords : Capsicum, transplanting date, micronutrient, protected condition and quality
Academic Editor : Dr Mehi Lal
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Vegetable Crops, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 741252, W.B., India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present experiment was carried out at the field of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia (West Bengal) during the year 2013-14 and 2014-15 to study the effect of transplanting dates and micronutrient complex application on yield and quality of capsicum varieties under protected condition. The experiment was laid out in Three Factor Complete Randomized Design with three replications. The highest fruit yield was obtained from transplanting on 17th November for variety Arya with micronutrient application (134.64 t/ha) and it was lowest for variety Ayesha with transplanting on 7th December without micronutrient application (79.19 t/ha) for both the year. Whereas, significantly higher total soluble solid content was obtained with 27th October transplanting of variety Arya with micronutrient application (5.230Brix) and highest β-carotene content (371.17 mg/100 g) of fruit was recorded for variety Ayesha for the same transplanting date and micronutrient complex application.

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