EFFECT OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CAPSICUM IN SOILLESS SYSTEM

Abstract

The growth and yield of Sweet pepper in response to the effect of nutrient solution and foliar application of Cow dung leachate as liquid organic fertilizer was evaluated at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, during the period from September, 2018 to March 2019. Four types of foliar application of CDL viz. FA = Control (no application), FA 1 = 100 g/L leachate of cow dung, FA 2 0 = 150g/L CDL, FA = 200 g/L CDL, and four types of Solution addition of liquid organic fertilizer, NS 0 : Control (standard nutrient solution as Rahman and Inden), NS = 100 g/L CDL + standard nutrient solution, NS = 150g/L CDL+ standard nutrient solution, NS 3 2 = 200 g/L leachate of CDL + standard nutrient solution. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Physical properties, yield contributing parameters, yield, and physiological properties were measured in this experiment. The highest plant height (97.20 cm), early flowering, early fruiting, fruit length (12.56 cm), fruit breadth (7.33 cm), fruit diameter (7.65 cm), fruit pericarp thickness (6.04), fruit volume (189.36), no. of fruits/plant (8.56), individual fruit weight (112.12 g), yield/ plant (959.76 g) were found in NS which was similar to NS 2 FA Physiological parameters viz. leaf area (LA), leaf area ratio (LAR) was also found in NS 2. 3 FA and lower leaf mass ratio (LMR) and root weight ratio (RWR) was acceptable for good result and NS 3 shows lower result. So, NS 3 FA 3 showed best combination in this experiment