Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 10, No 4 (1997)

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Influence of Nitrogen on Fruit Parameters and Yield Parameters in Green Chilli Genotypes

R. Revanappa, U.G. Nalawadi, M.B. Madalageri

Abstract


In a factorial experiment at Dharwad, three green chilli genotypes were evaluated at varied N levels. Significant differences among varieties as well as among N treatments were noticed. Highest yield 114.51 q/ha in Summer and 125.70 q/ha in Kharif and more number of fruits (267.05 in summer and 189.82 in kharif) was seen in Nagavi. Kadrolli was found better for fruit parameters like fruit width, fruit volume and fruit weight while, Pusa Jwala produced fruits of maximum length. Kadrolli had highest number of seeds per fruit But in proportion to the fruit length, seeds were maximum in Nagavi, which had fruits of very small length. The highest level of N tried (250 kg/ha) convincingly resulted in maximum yield (108.73 q/ha in summer and 132.96 q/ha in kharif) by recording maximum number of fruits with all better fruit parameters. The improvement of fruit parameters and yield parameters were linear with N levels. Significant interaction effects were not observed for none of the characters studied, indicating no specific action of nitrogen on a particular variety alone on a particular trait.

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