Abstract
To study the effect of plant density (2.5, 3 ,3.5 plant. m-2 ) and shoot pruning (no pruning, plant with 3 main stems) on fruit quality characteristics of two sweet pepper cultivars “Tomson” and “Maratos”, a factorial experiment was done in randomized complete block design with 3 replication in greenhouse. The results showed that pruning had significant effect on fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit pericarp thickness and vitamin C. Plant density also had a significant effect on fruit weight. The fruit weight decreased as the plant density increased and was highest in 2.5 plants per m-2 density. In this expriment pruning increased fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit pericarp thickness, and vitamin C and fruit quality was higher in pruning treatment than in no pruning tretment. pH and total soluble solids were not affected by shoot pruning and plant density. Harvest date had a significant effect on vitamin C, total soluble solid, pH. Vitamin C and total soluble solid were the highest in the third harvest.
Keywords: Capsicum annum, Pruning, Density, Fruit quality, Vitamin C
Seifi,S , Nemati,S H , Shoor,M and Abedi,B . (2011). Effect of Plant Density and Shoot Pruning on Fruit Quality Characteristics of two Cultivars of Sweet Pepper. (e27904). Journal of Horticultural Science, 25(2), e27904 doi: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.9990
MLA
Seifi,S , , Nemati,S H , , Shoor,M , and Abedi,B . "Effect of Plant Density and Shoot Pruning on Fruit Quality Characteristics of two Cultivars of Sweet Pepper" .e27904 , Journal of Horticultural Science, 25, 2, 2011, e27904. doi: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.9990
HARVARD
Seifi S, Nemati S H, Shoor M, Abedi B. (2011). 'Effect of Plant Density and Shoot Pruning on Fruit Quality Characteristics of two Cultivars of Sweet Pepper', Journal of Horticultural Science, 25(2), e27904. doi: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.9990
CHICAGO
S Seifi, S H Nemati, M Shoor and B Abedi, "Effect of Plant Density and Shoot Pruning on Fruit Quality Characteristics of two Cultivars of Sweet Pepper," Journal of Horticultural Science, 25 2 (2011): e27904, doi: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.9990
VANCOUVER
Seifi S, Nemati S H, Shoor M, Abedi B. Effect of Plant Density and Shoot Pruning on Fruit Quality Characteristics of two Cultivars of Sweet Pepper. JHS. 2011;25(2):e27904 (In Persian). doi: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.9990
