Effect of Calcium and Boron on Growth, Fruit Setting and Yield of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
Hikal, Mohamed S.;
Abstract
TWO successive seasons of 2017 and 2018 were conducted at the Experimental Station
of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt to study the response
of hot pepper plant (Capsicum annuum L.) cv. Hot Chili growth, fruit setting, yield and some
biochemical constituents linked with the yield and quality characteristics to foliar spraying
with calcium chloride at 0, 1000 and 2000 ppm, boric acid at 0, 200 and 400 ppm and their
combinations. Results indicated that all foliar applications of calcium chloride and boric
acid treatments individual or in combination markedly increased the vegetative growth
characteristics, fruit setting percentage and fruits yield of hot pepper plants. Foliar spraying with
2000 ppm of calcium chloride plus 200 or 400 ppm of boric acid treatments obviously gave the
higher values of plant height, number of branches per plant, shoot fresh and dry weights, fruit
setting, fruits yield/ plant and fruits yield/ feddan as well as total carotenoids, vitamin C and N,
P and K concentrations compared to the check treatment in both tested seasons.
of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt to study the response
of hot pepper plant (Capsicum annuum L.) cv. Hot Chili growth, fruit setting, yield and some
biochemical constituents linked with the yield and quality characteristics to foliar spraying
with calcium chloride at 0, 1000 and 2000 ppm, boric acid at 0, 200 and 400 ppm and their
combinations. Results indicated that all foliar applications of calcium chloride and boric
acid treatments individual or in combination markedly increased the vegetative growth
characteristics, fruit setting percentage and fruits yield of hot pepper plants. Foliar spraying with
2000 ppm of calcium chloride plus 200 or 400 ppm of boric acid treatments obviously gave the
higher values of plant height, number of branches per plant, shoot fresh and dry weights, fruit
setting, fruits yield/ plant and fruits yield/ feddan as well as total carotenoids, vitamin C and N,
P and K concentrations compared to the check treatment in both tested seasons.
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| Title | Effect of Calcium and Boron on Growth, Fruit Setting and Yield of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) | Authors | Hikal, Mohamed S. | Keywords | Pepper, Capsicum annuum L., Foliar nutrition, Calcium, Boron, Growth, Fruit setting, Yield, Quality | Issue Date | Jan-2019 | Journal | Egyptian Journal of Horticulture | Volume | 46 | Issue | 46, No. 1, pp. 53-62 (2019) | Start page | 53 | End page | 62 | DOI | 10.21608/ejoh.2019.6279.1087 |
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