PERFORMANCE OF CHILLI (Capsicum frutescens L.) GERMPLASM FOR YIELD AND QUALITY CHARACTERS IN KHARIF SEASON

Abstract

Field experiment was conducted at the research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka to study performance of germplasm for yield and quality characters of chilli in kharif season. Six germplasm of chilli such as, Premium Hybrid , Surjomukhi, Magura Morich, Kajoli Morich, BARI morich1 and Vaduria Morich are cultivated during March-september (kharif season), 2014. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) having one factor with four replications. The highest plant height at different days after transplanting (40.80 cm, 93.85 cm and 105.6 cm at first flowering, first harvest and final harvest respectively), was observed in Magura Morich. The highest number of branches at different days after transplanting (7.75, 14.75 and 22.0 at first flowering, first harvest and final harvest respectively), was found in Premium Hybrid. Vaduria Morich required minimum (12 days) and Magura Morich required maximum (34 days) for flower bud initiation. Vaduria Morich produced the maximum number of flower per plant (170) upto 2 month from first flowering and maximum number of fruit per plant (733) upto harvest. Length of fruit was the highest (10.06 cm) in Premium Hybrid but diameter of fruit was the highest (7.58 mm) in Vaduria Morich. Dry weight of 50 fruits (40.75 g), dry weight of fruit plant-1 (365.70 g) and 1000-seeds weight (4.33 g) were the highest in Premium Hybrid. Seed fruit-1 was the highest (55) in Vaduria Morich. Dry weight of plant was the highest (150.6g) in Premium Hybrid and the lowest (38.2g) in Kajoli Morich. The highest SPAD value (67.65%) was obtained in leaf of Kajoli Morich. Kajoli Morich contained highest (67.15 mg/100g) and BARI morich1 contained lowest (45.07 mg/100g) vitamin C in green chilli fruit. Maximum yield plant-1 (1118 g), yield plot-1 (14310 g) and the maximum yield (16.67 ton/ha) was observed in Premium Hybrid. Finally, the results revealed that Premium Hybrid and Vaduria Morich planted in Kharif season (April 25) would be beneficial.