FOLIAR APPLICATION OF LIQUID FERTILIZERS ON FIVE LOCAL CHILLI (Capsicum frutescens) GERMPLASM

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the morphphysiological characters, yield and quality of local chilli germplasms with different commercially available liquid fertilizers at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from October 2013 to July 2014. The experiment consist of five local germplasm of chilli viz. „Akashi‟, „Kajoli‟, „Deshi kacha Morich‟, „Bogra Morich‟, „Dongfou‟ and three level of commercially available common liquid fertilizers viz. „Control‟, „Calsol‟, „Wuxal‟. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Among germplasms, maximum number of fruits plant-1 (268.3) was found in „Kajoli‟ whereas lowest from „Dongfou‟. Maximum vitamin-C was found in green and dry chilli fruits (76.44 mg/100g and 42.55 mg/100g), of the germplasm „Akashi‟ whereas minimum vitamin-C was recorded in green and dry fruits from „Deshi kacha morich‟. The germplasm „Akashi‟ gave the highest fresh fruits yield (18.1 t ha-1), followed by Deshi kacha morich (16.9 t ha-1) and Bogra morich produced the lowest fresh yield (13.3 t ha-1). Among the liquid fertilizers, maximum number of fruits plant-1 (214.8), vitamin-C content in green and dry chilli fruits (75.3 mg/100g and 39.5 mg/100g) and fresh fruit yield (17.6 t ha-1) were found from calsol whereas their minimum values were recorded in control. The germplasm „Akashi‟ coupled with Calsol produced the maximum fresh fruit yield (19.6 t ha-1) which was identical with Waxul with the same germplasm „Akashi‟ (18.6 t ha-1). In view of overall performances, this study suggests that calsol was a potential source of plant liquid fertilizer for suitable chilli production. So, Akashi with Calsol was best combination for higher fruit, yield and quality chilli production.