Determination of Transplanting Time of the Capsicum Seedlings for Yield and Profit Maximization

Capsicum as a high value Vegetable Crop is immensely popular among the farmers of the Birbhum District of the State of West Bengal in India. But the farmers are unable to get maximum yield and profit from this Vegetable as early and late transplanting of the Capsicum seedlings invite viral diseases which cause low production. Hence, standardization of the optimum transplanting time of the Capsicum seedlings is a serious need of the Capsicum farmers.

Hence, the present study aims to focus on determination of optimum time of transplanting of the Capsicum seedlings to maximize the Yield component and profit component and to minimize the insect-pest atack.

The present study showed that early as well as delayed transplanting of Capsicum seedlings also faced the problem of rain and associated surge of insect pest infestation in the months of September, October and February as well as increased temperature which reduced Yield.

From the Benefit: Cost ratio analysis of the present study, it may be safely noted that the Capsicum seedlings transplanted in the First Week of November fetched highest profit. As the time of transplanting become early or delayed the Benefit: cost Ratio get reduced to a signifi cant extent.