Growth and Yield Response of Hot Pepper (<i>Capsicum annum</i> L.) to Different Rate of NPS Blended Fertilizer and Cattle Manure at Bako, West Oromia, Ethiopia

Adugna-Chimdessa Duressa

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Growth and Yield Response of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) to Different Rate of NPS Blended Fertilizer and Cattle Manure at Bako, West Oromia, Ethiopia

Adugna-Chimdessa Duressa

Published in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 12, Issue 3)

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Abstract

Hot Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) is one of economically important horticultural crops in Ethiopia. However, the productivity of the crop is low at national as well as regional levels which, constrained mainly by low soil fertility. A new blended fertilizer (NPS) containing nitrogen (19% N), phosphorous (38% P₂O₅) and sulfur (7% S) is recently introduced aiming at substituting DAP in Ethiopian agriculture. There is a need to optimize the fertilizer under farmers’ conditions particularly its use along with organic resources. The experiment was conducted at Bako Agricultural Research Center, Oromia, Ethiopia during main cropping season. The objective of this study was to determining the optimum rates of NPS blended fertilizer and cattle manure (CM) on growth, yield and yield response and to investigate the interaction effect of NPS blended fertilizer and cattle manure application and their economic feasibility on hot pepper variety (Bako local) production. The treatments consisted of four NPS blended fertilizer levels (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha^-1) and three Cattle Manure levels (0, 3.75, and 7.5 t ha^-1). The experiment was laid out as a Randomized Complete Block Design and replicated three times. The results showed that the interaction effects of NPS blended fertilizer and cattle manure rates significantly influenced hot pepper growth, yield, and yield component parameters. The maximum marketable dry pod yield (2.94 t ha^-1) was obtained from the combined application of 150 NPS Kg ha^-1 and 3.75 t ha^-1 CM. Therefore, it can be concluded that the combination of these treatments gives a better yield and yield components of hot pepper in the study area.

Published in	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 12, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.aff.20231203.13
Page(s)	79-85
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Hot Pepper (Capsicum annum L.), NPS Blended Fertilizer, Cattle Manure, Growth, Yield Response

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Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan, Ethiopia

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