Growth and fruit yield of pepper species as affected by plant spacing
| Autor: | Omotayo Babatunde Hammed, A. W. Salau, Olatunde Musibau Olosunde, E. A. Makinde |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Vegetative reproduction Plant density Tropics 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Plant Science Biology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Capsicum chinense Horticulture Yield (wine) Pepper 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Habit (biology) Transplanting Agronomy and Crop Science 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Vegetable Science. 25:164-175 |
| ISSN: | 1931-5279 1931-5260 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19315260.2018.1489931 |
| Popis: | Optimum spacing in a suitable environment is an important requirement for improved pepper (Capsicum spp.) performance. Spacing recommendations have been based on specie growth habit. Field experiments were conducted in a tropical forest-savanna/transition zone in south western Nigeria to investigate effects of plant spacing on growth and fruit yield of two pepper species: C. chinense (L) and C. frutescens (L). Pepper plants were established at spacings of 50 × 45 cm and 75 × 30 cm, each giving a plant density of 44444 plants∙ha−1. Spacing did not affect vegetative growth of pepper, but the week of sampling and year of cultivation. With both species, the rate of increase in plant height was greater between 4 and 6 weeks after transplanting (WAT) but declined between 12 and 14 WAT. Both species of pepper grew taller in 2014 than in 2013. The rate of increase in vegetative growth of both pepper species was higher with 50 × 45 cm spacing than for 75 × 30 cm spacing. C. chinense and C. frutescens in 20... |
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