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PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT BELL PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.) GENOTYPES IN RESPONSE TO SYNTHETIC HORMONES (Pages : 78 - 84)

A field study was carried out at the Horticulture Research Centre Farm, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Jopdebpur, Gazipur during October 1998 to April 1999 to determine the performance of different bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) genotypes in response to synthetic hormones. Ten genotypes viz, CP0039, CP0041, CP0043, CP0044, CP0045, CP0053, CP0054, CP0055, CP0061 and CP0068 and two synthetic hormones Milstim and Litosen along with control (fresh water) were used as treatments in this study. It was found that, due to hormonal treatments significant variation exists among the genotypes in respect of morphological characters, physiological parameters, fruit yield and seeds per fruit. Genotype CP0039 produced the highest leaves (63.64), branches (7.36), plant height (24.23 cm), fruit (19) per plant and seed (150) per fruit. Highest fruit yield (18.69 t ha-1 ) was obtained from CP0045. Fruit weight was maximum (18.58 g) in CP0061. Seeds extracted from CP0041 fruits had highest (92%) germination. On the contrary, the lowest seed germination (22%) was recorded in CP0045. Genotype CP0039 plants treated Milstim and Litosen produced 20 and 18 fruits per plant resulting 20.37 t ha-1 and 19.93 t ha-1 yield, respectively. Lowest fruit bearing (4-fruits/ plant) and yield (4.14 t ha-1 ) were recorded in control plants of CP0068. So both Milstim and Litosen treated plants performed better than control plants regarding fruit bearing and yield. Download