EFFECT OF POLYPROPYLENE COVER AND PLANT DENSITY ON YIELD AND ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF BELL PEPPER FRUITS

SUMMARY This study aims to evaluate the effect of polypropylene cover and plant density on the marketable yield and ascorbic acid content of bell pepper fruits. Keywords: ascorbic acid content, Capsicum annuum L., polypropylene cover, plant density, yield component analysis INTRODUCTION Bell pepper...

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Published in:Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo 2017-03, Vol.63 (1), p.329
Main Authors: SINKOVIC, Lovro, MIRECKI, Natasa, ZNIDARCIC, Dragan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Ascorbic acid
Climatic conditions
Colleges & universities
Crop production
Crop yield
Crops
Cultivars
Factorial experiments
Fruits
Heat
Planting density
Pollination
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Population density
Seasons
Seedlings
Temperature
Vegetables
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Summary:SUMMARY This study aims to evaluate the effect of polypropylene cover and plant density on the marketable yield and ascorbic acid content of bell pepper fruits. Keywords: ascorbic acid content, Capsicum annuum L., polypropylene cover, plant density, yield component analysis INTRODUCTION Bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a warm-season crop with a high heat-unit requirement (Díaz-Pérez and Carlos, 2010). Open field production of bell pepper in central Slovenian area is limited, since the unfavourable climatic conditions from April to September. [...]planting of developed seedlings is used in commercial vegetable production in order to promote the early fruit harvesting and to improve the yields. To follow these trends in horticultural practice, growers have applied row covers, as a low-cost technique to protect both cool-season and warm-season vegetable crops (Gimenez et al., 2002). Pollination and fruit set can be inhibited by maintained continuous daily temperature above 32 °C (Gerber et al., 1989). [...]the removal time of the polypropylene covers is a critical phase. The objective of this research was to determine the effects of polypropylene cover material and plant density on the marketable yield of bell pepper cultivar 'Bianca F1' in the central Slovenia as well as ascorbic acid content in fresh fruits. Ascorbic acid, capsaicinoid, and flavonoid aglycone concentrations as a function of fruit maturity stage in greenhouse-grown peppers. Dynamics of growth and yield component responses of bell peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) to row covers and population density.
ISSN:0554-5579
1800-9492
DOI:10.17707/AgricultForest.63.1.34