*Department of Microbiology, PAU, Ludhiana-141004
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana-141004
Online published on 20 May, 2016.
An experiment was conducted during 2006–07 and 2007–08 to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on yield and quality of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum var. grossum L.) grown under naturally ventilated polyhouse. The treatments comprised of FYM (100 t/ha), FYM(100t/ha) +VAM, FYM(50t/ha) + 100% N, FYM(50t/ha) + 75% N+VAM, Vermicompost (10 t/ha), Vermicompost (10 t/ha) + VAM, Hay bed compost (50 t/ha) and control (without N or FYM). The results revealed that application of FYM @ 50 t/ha + 75% N (94 kg/ha) + VAM gave fruit yield at par with that obtained with FYM @ 50t/ha +100% N (125 kg N/ha) and was superiorto all the other treatments. The fruit size and quality parameters were also better in integrated treatments as compared to organic manures applied alone except hay bed compost.
