GROWTH REGULATORS AND PLANT PRODUCTION IN PAPRIKA PEPPER NURSERIES

A three year study was conducted to evaluate the growth responses of paprika pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) to four different plant growth regulators (chlormequat chloride; chlormequat chloride + ethephon; mepiquat chloride; mepiquat chloride + ethephon). The regulators were applied as foliar sprays in the nursery at transplant time.

A reduction in plant height was obtained with chlormequat chloride + ethephon and mepiquat chloride + ethephon.
The same active ingredients promoted root weight and advanced flowering and fruiting.

Total yield was not affected by any treatment.
No effect on fruit quality was observed.

II Symposium on Protected Cultivation of Solanacea in Mild Winter Climates

M. LOURDES TABORDA, HELENA L. SILVEIRA

Plant growth regulators (PGRs), chlormequat chloride, CCC, mepiquat chloride, ethephon, paprika pepper, nursery

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1994.366.32