Abstract
High early yields of chili pepper is very important traits to gain economic return for
farmers. Developing superior genotypes and using mulches are among promising
methods to have high early yields of chili peppers. This experiment aimed to determine
(1) early yields of three promising chili-pepper genotypes, (2) effects of mulch types
on early yields of chili peppers and (3) the best combination of mulch type and chili
pepper genotype for early yields. An experiment was conducted at Ultisol site and
designed in a factorial randomized complete block design with three replicates. The
first factor was three promising chili pepper genotypes; H23, H53, and H73. The second
factor was the types of mulches; black-silver plastic, rice straw, empty palm-oil fruit
bunch and no mulch. Early yields were expressed in terms of fruit number per plant,
fruit weight per plant1
(g) and average fruit weight (g). Results indicated that after five
harvests, hybrid of H23 was the best genotypes to produce early yields of chili peppers.
Fruit number and fruit weight plant-1 of chili pepper grown using both rice straw and
empty palm-oil fruit bunch mulches were significantly higher than those of grown using
black-silver plastic mulch and control plot. Overall, best average fruit weight early
yields of chili peppers was found in hybrid of H23 grown in bare soil.
Fahrurrozi Fahrurrozi, Dwi Wahyuni Ganefianti. (2019) Early yield responses of three promising chili pepper hybrids to different mulch types, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 7, Issue 4.
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