The Journal of Research ANGRAU

KIRAN KUMAR
Table 1. Pooled analysis data for growth components of chilli as influenced by foliar spray
Plant
Plant
Plant
Treatments
Height
(cm)
Spread
E-W(cm)
Spread
N-S(cm)
T 1-19:19:19 NPK @ 2.5 g l -1 90.3 57.7 55.1
T 2 -19:19:19 NPK @ 5.0 g l -1 93.8 56.4 54.6
T 3-19:19:19 NPK @ 7.5 g l -1 96.8 56.0 54.9
T 4 -19:19:19 NPK @ 10.0 g l -1 96.2 56.7 54.4
T 5 -19:19:19 NPK @ 2.5 g l -1 + KNO 3 @5 g l -1 92.7 54.5 53.5
T 6 -19:19:19 NPK @ 5g/l + KNO 3 @ 5 g l -1 89.9 54.2 55.0
T7-19:19:19 NPK @ 7.5 g/l + KNO3 @ 5 g l -1 98.4 57.4 55.2
T 8 -19:19:19NPK @ 10 g/l + KNO 3 @ 5 g l -1 91.1 56.7 55.9
T 9 -KNO 3 @ 5 g l -1 from one month after transplanting 94.4 57.5 56.3
T 10 -KNO 3 @ 5 g l -1 at the time of flowering 91.6 54.4 52.7
T 11-Control 89.9 53.9 52.8
CD @ 5% NS NS NS
SEm ±
2.72 1.39 1.25
application of 19:19:19 NPK and KNO 3.
combination with KNO 3
@ 5g l -1 (T 5
to T 8
) and KNO 3
@ 5g l -1 (T 9
) were scheduled at monthly intervals
starting one month after transplanting. At the time of
flower initiation two sprays of KNO 3
@ 5g l -1 (T 10
)
was scheduled at monthly intervals and unsprayed
control (T 11
). Intercultural operations and Plant
protection measures were uniform in all the
experimental plots. For recording observations on
plant height, plant spread, fresh weight, dry weight,
fruit length and fruit girth, five plants in each bed
were selected at random and labelled. The data thus
recorded for three years was pooled and subjected
to statistical analysis (Panse and Sukhatme, 1985).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
There was no significant difference in the
plant height and plant spread (Table 1), fruit girth
and percentage of dry pod recovery (Table 2). Fresh
pod yield (9820 kg ha -1 ) and dry pod yield (3320 kg
ha -1 ) were significantly maximum with four foliar
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