EVALUATION OF ELITE HOT PEPPER VARIETIES - IPMS ...

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STATEMENT OF THE AUTHOR ............................................................................................ i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... ii
BIOGRAPHICAL SCKETCH .................................................................................................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... iv
LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... vii
LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................ viii
LIST OF TABLES IN THE APPENDIX ................................................................................. ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................... x
ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................. xi
1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 1
2. LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Origin and Distribution ....................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Taxonomy and Morphology ................................................................................................ 5
2.3 Cultivation and Importance .................................................................................................. 6
2.4 Factors Affecting Growth, Yield and Quality of Hot pepper............................................ 10
2.4.1 Planting methods ....................................................................................................... 10
2.4.2 Water requirement of hot pepper .............................................................................. 12
2.4.3 Fertilizer requirement ................................................................................................ 13
2.4.4 Farmyard manure ...................................................................................................... 14
2.4.5 Integrated use of farm yard manure and inorganic fertilizer ..................................... 14
2.4.6 Diseases incidence ......................................................................................................................... 15
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