International Journal of Horticulture, 2017, Vol.7, No. 29, 262-274
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Table 3 Effects of Fertilizer Application and Planting Date on Leaf Number of the Green Pepper
Rainfed
Irrigation
WAT
2
4
6
8
10
12
2
4
6
8
10
12
VARIETIES
California Wonder
13.4a
60.9a
89.6a
98.2a
101.5a
96.7a
18.52a
61.68a
94.6a
98.65a
102.9a
105.3a
Tattasai Dan-Garko
14.3a
55.5b
82.3b
92.8b
105.8b
94.9a
19.94b
60.77b
94.03b
96.84b
107.4b
106.2a
FERTILIZERS
Organ-mineral
16.2
66.3a
82.3a
93.9a
116.3a
108.5a
18.53a
74.99a
97.16b
99.97a
102.6a
116.7a
organic
16.1
65.7a
85.4a
92.0a
110.7b
104.7ab
17.1b
75.58a
95.69a
98.73b
109.7b
116.66b
urea
13.9
65.2a
79.0b
86.8b
103.74c
94.8bc
14.21c
71.91b
94.25b
95.7c
97.1c
106.5c
control
12.3
55.1b
62.4c
71.1c
96.0d
89.9c
10.61d
63.37b
77.17c
85.68d
87.2d
92.5d
PLANTING DATE
PD1
12.1
62.7b
79.3c
94.3d
95.5d
78.2d
13.83d
64.99c
93.72b
94.54d
103.6d
96.8d
PD2
14.2
63.9b
83.5b
94.9c
99.8c
100.0c
16.23c
66.33c
96.44ab
98.56c
103.8b
102.0c
PD3
15.3
66.7a
85.0a
95.8b
98.9b
112.8b
70.61b
95.19ab
96.87b
118.3c
117.8b
PD4
16.9
68.8a
89.4a
97.8a
102.7a
120.5a
19.66a
73.92a
94.93a
96.1a
129.3a
128.0a
Interaction
Varieties*fertilizer
ns
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Varieties*planting dates.
ns
*
*
*
*
*
*
ns
*
*
*
*
Fertilizer*planting dates
ns
*
*
*
*
*
ns
ns
*
*
ns
*
Var*fert*planting date
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
