Abstract
There is a general trend of using natural plant extracts and bio substances with organic fertilizers for improving plant growth. So, our study aims to investigate the influence of plant compost (plant residues) and foliar spraying with some stimulants on enhancing growth performance, chlorophyll content, fruit yield and quality of hot pepper plants (Capsicum frutescens L.)CV Sina Hot.For this purpose, a field trial was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Agricultural, Mansoura University during the summer season of 2020. The used experimental design is a split-plot design with three replicates included four compost rates i.e. control (without compost addition), 5, 10 and 15 m3 compost fed-1 are arranged in main plots and four foliar applications i.e. tap water (control), seaweed extract at 0.5 gL-1, yeast extract at 5 gL-1 and liquorice extract at 10 gL-1 are arranged in subplots. Findings show that all growth parameters i.e. plant height (cm), No. of leaves plant-1,leaf area (cm2 plant-1), fresh and dry weights (g plant-1),chlorophyll content i.e. Chl a, Chl b and Chl a+b (mg g-1 F.W), fruit yield i.e. average fruit weight (g), No. of fruits plant-1 and total yield (metric ton fed-1) and fruit quality parameters i.e. phenol and vitamin C (mg 100g-1), carotene (mg g-1 F.W), dry mater, TSS, N, P, K (%) and Fe (mg kg-1) of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate. Also, among the stimulants, it was found that 'seaweed extract ' is the best one. The yeast extract comes in the second-order followed by liquorice extract and lately tap water (control).
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased hot pepper height, leaf number and leaf area.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plants
Capsicum frutescense1 - Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- plant height (cm), No. of leaves plant-1,leaf area (cm2 plant-1)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plant height (cm), No. of leaves plant-1,leaf area (cm2 plant-1)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased hot pepper fresh and dry weights.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- fresh and dry weights (g plant-1)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fresh and dry weights (g plant-1)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- chlorophyll content i.e. Chl a, Chl b and Chl a+b (mg g-1 F.W)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“chlorophyll content i.e. Chl a, Chl b and Chl a+b (mg g-1 F.W)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased fruit weight, fruit number and total yield.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- average fruit weight (g), No. of fruits plant-1 and total yield (metric ton fed-1)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“average fruit weight (g), No. of fruits plant-1 and total yield (metric ton fed-1)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased fruit phenol, vitamin C and carotene.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- phenol and vitamin C (mg 100g-1), carotene (mg g-1 F.W)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“phenol and vitamin C (mg 100g-1), carotene (mg g-1 F.W)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased fruit dry matter and TSS.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- dry mater, TSSe0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“dry mater, TSS”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing compost rate significantly increased N, P and K content.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- N, P, K (%)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“N, P, K (%)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
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Increasing compost rate significantly increased Fe content.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- added compost ratee1
- Outcome
- Fe (mg kg-1)e0
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fe (mg kg-1)”
e1“of hot pepper plants significantly increase with the increase of added compost rate.”
e2“control (without compost addition)”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed extract performed best among foliar stimulants.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- seaweed extracte0
- Outcome
- best onee0
- Direction
- best onee0
- Comparator
- tap water (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“among the stimulants, it was found that 'seaweed extract ' is the best one. The yeast extract comes in the second-order followed by liquorice extract and lately tap water (control).”
e1“hot pepper plants (Capsicum frutescens L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Yeast extract ranked second among foliar stimulants.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- yeast extracte0
- Outcome
- second-ordere0
- Direction
- second-ordere0
- Comparator
- tap water (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The yeast extract comes in the second-order followed by liquorice extract and lately tap water (control).”
e1“hot pepper plants (Capsicum frutescens L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Liquorice extract ranked behind yeast extract and ahead of tap water.
- Taxon
- hot pepper plantsCapsicum frutescense1
- Treatment
- liquorice extracte0
- Outcome
- followed by liquorice extracte0
- Direction
- followed bye0
- Comparator
- tap water (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The yeast extract comes in the second-order followed by liquorice extract and lately tap water (control).”
e1“hot pepper plants (Capsicum frutescens L.)”
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