PERFORMANCE OF SWEET PEPPER IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT POTTING MEDIA AND Trichoderma

Abstract

A pot experiment was accomplished in the Net House of Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from October 2018 to march 2019. Two factors experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design with three replications. Factor A comprised with different potting media viz., M 0 - soil (control), M 1 - soil: coco peat (2:1 v/v), M 2 - soil: vermicompost (2:1 v/v), and M 3 - soil: coco peat: vermicompost (1:1:1 v/v) and factor B with different amount of Trichoderma viz., T 0 - 0g/pot (control), T 1 - 25g/pot and T 2 - 50g/pot. The total treatment combinations were (3x4) 12. The result exhibited that different potting media significantly affected growth and yield of sweet pepper. The highest plant height (68.28cm), maximum number of fruits (12.44) and the highest fruit yield per plant (829.89 g), were recorded from M 3 (soil: coco peat: vermicompost (1:1:1 v/v)) treatment. In the Trichoderma, the highest plant height (67.64cm), maximum number of fruits (11.75) and the highest fruit yield per plant (765.25g) were found from T 2 (50g/pot) treatment. In respect of combination, the highest plant height (70.9cm), maximum number of fruits (14) and the highest fruit yield per plant (980g) were found from M 3 T 2 treatment. So, among Different combinations, M 3 T 2 showed better performance in terms of growth and yield of sweet pepper.