Author(s):

Yugalkishor Lodhi, Snehasish Chakravorty, BVG Prasad and Sangeeta Chandrakar

Abstract: The field experiment was conducted to study the effect of nutrients and mulching on fruit yield of Bell pepper at Horticulture farm, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan (West Bengal) during rabi season 2014-15. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) consisting of nine treatments. The treatment comprising of different combinations of nutrients and mulches i.e. Nitrogen (150Kg ha^-1and 200 Kg ha^-1), Phosphorous (80 Kg ha^-1 and 120 Kg ha^-1) and mulches (Paddy straw and water hyacinth each @ 7zt ha^-1) with three replications. The statistical analysis indicated that the fruit yield of bell pepper were significantly influenced by nutrients and mulching. The highest fruit yield per plant (739.31g), fruit yield per plot (12.67 kg) and fruit yield per hectare (21.12 t ha^-1) were recorded in treatment T₆ with 200kg N ha^-1 + 80kg Pâ‚‚Oâ‚… ha^-1 + Paddy straw mulch @ 7 t/ha^-1. Control condition indicated significantly lowest result than all other treatment. Considering the maximum benefit in terms of yield and economy, the treatment comprising of 200 kg N ha^-1, 120 kg P₂ O₅ ha^-1 and paddy straw mulch @ 7 t ha^-1 (T₆) was found to be the best under present experiment condition.

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