Fruit Characteristics of Bell Pepper Cultivated in Sheep Manure Vermicompost Substituted Soil

Autor:	Jose Luis Guzman Jimenez, Federico Antonio Gutiérrez-Miceli, Joaquín Adolfo Montes Molina, Luc Dendooven, Blanca Irene Cabrera Coro, María Angela Oliva Llaven, Reiner Rincón-Rosales
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	biology Physiology Compost Chemistry engineering.material biology.organism_classification Manure Agronomy Soil water Pepper engineering Transplanting Agronomy and Crop Science Plant nutrition Vermicompost Solanaceae
Zdroj:	Journal of Plant Nutrition. 31:1585-1598
ISSN:	1532-4087 0190-4167
DOI:	10.1080/01904160802244738
Popis:	The effects of earthworm-processed sheep manure (vermicompost) on growth, productivity, and characteristics of bell pepper fruits (Capsicum annum) (cv ‘Ancho supremo’) were investigated in a greenhouse experiment. Six treatments were applied combining vermicompost and soil in 0:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, and 1:5 (v/v) ratios. Plant characteristics were measured 21 and 90 days after transplanting. Addition of vermicompost increased plant size significantly with 8 cm in the 1:3 vermicompost: soil treatment compared to the unamended soil after 21 days, but no significant differences were found after 90 days. Seven more flowers were found in the 1:2 vermicompost: soil treatment and four in the 1:3 vermicompost: soil treatment compared to the unamended soil after 90 days. The number of marketable fruits per plant was significantly 1.5 and 1.9 times greater in the 1:2 and 1:3 vermicompost: soil treatments compared to plants cultivated in unamended soil after 90 days. The addition of vermicompost to soil in...
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