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This study was aimed at evaluating the production characteristics of the yellow Sunny F1 hybrid pepper irrigated with energized and not energized water and with water with different doses of biofertilizers. The experiment was conducted from August 2010 to December 2010 in the experimental area to the Universidad Federal do Ceara (UFC) in Fortaleza, Ceara (Br). The experimental design was the randomized blocks with four replications, set up as split plots, with plots irrigated with differently treated water (energized and not energized) and the subplots irrigated with water containing different dosages of biofertilizer (0, 400, 800, 1200 and 1600 L ha -1 week -1 ). The energizing process is done using an equipment called Aquatron®, programmed according to the chemical and physical properties of the water, used specifically for physiological benefits for plants and past and diseases control. The experiment was conducted in pots with 40L capacity, with four plants per treatment. We evaluated the following production characteristics: soluble solids, length, diameter, average fruit weight, flesh thickness, number of fruits and total yield. Based on the results and on the conditions under which the study was performed, we concluded that: The energizing water treatment did not cause significant changes to the cultivation of peppers under ideal irrigation conditions. The biofertilizer was not enough to adequately fertilize the crop, even in the larger dosages applied, demanding supplementation with mineral fertilizer or dosage increase. |
