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Effect of Plant Spacing and Training on Fruit Quality of Capsicum (Capsicum annuum L) under Protected conditions

Author: Ghanshyam Thakur, Anil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar Maurya and Shrawan Kumar Sahani

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Abstract

Sweet pepper belongs to the family solanaceae. That is the world's 2nd most significant vegetable, after the tomato. Plant spacing and sowing date are significant characteristics of several agricultural production systems. During September 2016 to 2017, the experiment was conducted at Hi-Tech Horticulture, Dr. RPCAU Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, with the effect of plant spacing and training on fruit quality of capsicum (Capsicum annuum L) under protected conditions. The research design was used to analysis the data factorial RBD with thrice replication with three levels of spacing and training. Under S3P1 (45 cm × 60 cm + two shoots), the maximum length of fruit, breadth of fruit, volume of fruit, fruit shelf life, rind thickness, A+ and ‘A’ grade fruits were found among the various combinations of spacing and training level. At all crop growth stages, maximum ‘B' grade fruits were recorded in S1P1 (45 cm × 30 cm + two shoots), whereas highest ‘C’ grade fruits were reported in

Keywords

Sweet pepper, training, Plant spacing, protected conditions.

Conclusion

Sweet pepper belongs to the family solanaceae. This is the world’s largest second most valuable vegetable, behind the tomato. Plant spacing and sowing date are important aspects of several agricultural production systems. The following results can be obtained from an experiment on the interaction effect of plant spacing and training on fruit quality of capsicum (Capsicum annuum L) under protected conditions. A+ and ‘A' grade fruits were recorded at the highest levels under S3P1 (45 cm × 60 cm + two shoots) in terms of many kinds of features such as length as well as width fruit, fruit volume, rind thickness, and shelf life. At all crop growth stages, maximum ‘B' grade fruits were recorded in S1P1 (45 cm × 30 cm + two shoots), whereas maximum ‘C’ grade fruits were reported in S1P3 (45 cm × 30 cm + four shoots).

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Thakur, G., Singh, A.K., Maurya, P.K., and Sahani, S.K. (2021). Effect of Plant Spacing and Training on Fruit Quality of Capsicum (Capsicum annuum L) under protected conditions. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 89-92.