Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 570-574
Effect of Seedling Age of Transplants on Growth and Yield of Capsicum under Open Ventilated Polyhouse Condition
Anil Kumar Saxena, Suneeta Singh
School of Agricultural Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun -248 001, Uttarakhand, India
Corresponding Author: Suneeta Singh
ABSTRACT
The present experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Block of School of Agricultural Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India during summer season of 2018. The experiment was laid in a randomized block design with three replications. There were ten treatments comprising of transplants starting from 18 days old with a gap of 3 days. The variety used for the study was California Wonder. Maximum values for most of the characters like survival of seedlings after transplanting (100%), number of fruits per plant (8.09), fruit yield per plot (7.58 kg) and harvest duration (85 days) were obtained using 36 days old transplants while minimum values were recorded using 18 days old transplants for all these characters. It was concluded that 33 to 36 days old transplants were best regarding growth and yield of capsicum in Dehradun region of Uttarakhand under open ventilated polyhouse condition.
Key words: Capsicum, age of transplants, fruit yield, harvest duration
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