International Journal of Horticulture, 2017, Vol.7, No. 29, 262-274
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Table 2 Effect of Fertilizer Application and Planting Date on Plant Height of the Green Pepper
Irrigated
Rainfed
WAT
2
4
6
8
10
12
2
4
6
8
10
12
PARAMETERS
California Wonder
16.8a
23.5a
33.1b
46.7a
51.1a
69.6a
19.7b
31.7a
46.2a
66.3a
66.7a
74.6a
TattasaiDan-Garko
14.6b
24.6a
34.4a
47.3a
52.5a
67.9a
20.8a
37.8b
68.6b
62.1b
67.3b
71.7b
FERTILIZERS
Organ-mineral
18.4a
25.5a
37.4a
47.1a
59.6a
68.5a
21.1a
33.9a
47.4a
67.6a
69.9a
71.5a
organic
17.4ab
23.3b
35.5b
40.9b
49.7b
67.6a
29.3b
31.1b
44.8ab
66.9a
66.2ab
70.6b
urea
15.9bc
27.0c
31.7c
38.1c
41.6c
47.5b
23.2c
29.3bc
42.8bc
64.7a
62.7bc
64.5c
control
5.0c
22.2d
27.1d
33.9d
36.9d
41.0c
18.4d
27.9c
31.2c
53.8b
58.9b
61.1d
PLANTING DATE
PD1
15.0c
23.5d
30.4d
41.8b
50.8d
65.3b
26.7d
32.5b
48.9c
60.5c
65.8c
66.3c
PD2
15.1bc
25.6c
34.9c
42.8a
51.3c
62.3d
29.9c
39.2b
52.6bc
63.7b
64.3c
65.3b
PD3
17.4ab
25.7b
37.5b
45.4d
57.3b
63.4c
31.5b
42.7a
55.7ab
66.14b
67.4b
68.5a
PD4
18.3a
28.8a
38.9a
49.8c
57.8a
64.0a
34.8a
42.9a
59.1a
68.7a
69.6a
68.6a
interaction
Var*Fertilizer
ns
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Var*planting date
ns
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Fert*planting date
ns
ns
ns
ns
*
ns
**
ns
*
*
ns
*
Var*Fert*planting date
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
*
ns
*
*
ns
*
Note: Means with similar alphabet along the column and within same treatment are not significantly different p< 0.05 (DMRT) * significant; **significant at p<0.01, WAT Weeks after
transplanting; Irrigated planting date for PD1-22Sept.; PD2 -01Oct.; PD3-11Oct.; PD4-23Oct. and Rainfed planting date PD1-22April; PD2-29Apri; PD3 -05May and PD4-12May
