Agronomic Response of Bell Pepper to the Aplicatión of Ultrasol Chile® in Fertigatión to the Open Field

Josué Israel García López

Centro de Capacitacióny Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315. México.

Antonio Flores Naveda

Centro de Capacitacióny Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315. México.

Francisco Alfonso Gordillo Melgoza

Centro de Capacitacióny Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315. México.

Perpetuo Álvarez Vázquez

Departamento de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315, México.

Martín Cadena Zapata

Departamento de Maquinaria Agrícola, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315, México.

Xochitl Ruelas Chacón

Departamento de Cienciay Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315 México.

Neymar Camposeco Montejo *

Centro de Capacitacióny Desarrollo en Tecnología de Semillas, Departamento de Fitomejoramiento, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro 1923, Saltillo, Coahuila, CP-25315. México.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Aims: To determine the agronomic response of the bell pepper grown in open field to the application of the Ultrasol chile® fertilizer via fertigation.

Study Design: It was with the completely randomized model with five treatments (T0 or control, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2 g L-1 of Ultrasol chile®) and four repetitions each. The comparison of means was by Tukey .05.

Place and Duration of Study: Experimental fields "the Bajío” Buenavista, Plant Breeding Department of the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. between June 2019 to December 2019.

Methodology: In bell pepper five treatments were applied (T0 or control, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2 g L-1 of Ultrasol chile®). The treatments were carried out via fertigation and applied three times a week, the applications started 15 days after the transplant and until the end of the cycle.

Results: The yield behaved in a similar way with the applied doses of the fertilizer, however, they exceeded the control by more than 90%. Average fruit weight (AFW), fruit length (FL) and equatorial diameter of fruit (EDF) showed a differential statistical response, in which the application of 1 g L-1 of Ultrasol chile® via fertigation resulted in a better response and it surpassed the control in 120, 44 and 13.5% respectively. The height of the plant was statistically similar between the control and the 1.2 and 0.8 g L-1 treatments. The correlations indicate that the crop yield is a function of the AFW, FL and NFP, in turn the FL and EDF, are what determine the AFW.

Conclusion: The most appropriate dose of Ultrasol chile® for bell pepper grown in the open field was 1 g L-1, since it improves the average weight of fruit, equatorial diameter of fruit and length of fruit, therefore, there is feasibility in the use of this commercial formulation.

Keywords: Capsicum annuum, yield, nutritive solution, irrigation


How to Cite

López, Josué Israel García, Antonio Flores Naveda, Francisco Alfonso Gordillo Melgoza, Perpetuo Álvarez Vázquez, Martín Cadena Zapata, Xochitl Ruelas Chacón, and Neymar Camposeco Montejo. 2022. “Agronomic Response of Bell Pepper to the Aplicatión of Ultrasol Chile® in Fertigatión to the Open Field”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34 (23):874-83. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232498.