QUALITY PARAMETERS OF RED CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) AS INFLUENCED BY FERTITGATION AND MULCHING

G. CHANDRAMOHAN REDDY¹*, S.S. HEBBAR², V. KESHAVA RAO^3
1Department of Spices, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, College of Horticulture, GKVK UHS Campus, Bengalore, 560065, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, 587104, Karnataka, India
²Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore, 560089, Karnataka, India
³Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore, 56008, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : reddyhorti96@gmail.com

Received : 02-04-2018     Accepted : 12-04-2018     Published : 15-04-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 7       Pages : 5768 - 5770
Int J Agr Sci 10.7 (2018):5768-5770

Keywords : Chilli, fertigation, water-soluble fertilizers, mulching, pungency
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, 587104, Karnataka. ICAR- Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore, 560089, Karnataka for providing facilities and help to conduct the study
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

This study was designed to observe the effects of different fertilizers and mulching on quality of hybrid chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). This experiment contains nine treatments with combination of different fertilizer sources and mulching. of recommended dose of fertilizer (180:120:180 kg NPK/ha) through fertigation using water-soluble fertilizers resulted that significantly higher pungency levels (46441.66 SHU) and caroteniods content (246.27 mg/100 g of dry weight). Whereas the treatment soil application recommended dose of fertilizer without mulching recorded the lowest pungency (32659.67 SHU) and least caroteniods content (103.57 mg/100 g of dry weight) as compared to all other treatments. From this investigation it is concluded that water soluble fertilizers as well as normal fertilizers fertigation with mulching enhancing the quality parameters in chilli crop compare over the conventional soil-application of fertilizers.

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