1Department of seed science and technology, University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Pin-560065.
2Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Pin -560065.
3Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Pin -560065.
Present address: *Department of seed science and technology, University of Agricultural sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Pin -560065.
**Currently Ph.D Scholar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Pin-580005.
***Currently working as Agriculture Officer, O/o Assistant Director of Agriculture, Bagepally (Tq), Chikkaballapur (Dist), Karnataka, India. Pin-561207.
****Currently professor and Head of Seed Technology Research Unit, National Seed Project, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore. Karnataka, India. Pin-560065.
Online published on 19 March, 2012.
The field experiment was conducted to study the influence of net house, mulching and NAA on seed yield of Capsicum cv. California Wonder during the rabi/summer at Seed Technology Research Unit, National Seed Project, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore. They differed significantly under net house and recorded highest thousand seed weight (7.49g), germination (75.34%), seedling dry weight (0.32mg) and seedling vigour index (793) with chaffy seeds and seed infection compared to control. With the black polythene mulch the seeds recorded highest germination (71.30%), seedling dry weight (0.26mg), seedling vigour index (768) and least chaffy seeds. Among different concentrations NAA at 60 ppm had given highest thousand seed weight (7.12g), germination (71.92%), seedling dry weight (0.40mg)and seedling vigour index (833) with least (2.23) chaffy seeds.
Capsicum, net house, black polythene mulch, NAA
