Abstract

An experiment was carried out under plastic house conditions to compare the effect of four fermented organic matter sources (cattle, poultry and sheep manure in addition to 1:1:1 mixture of the three organic matter sources) in which 4 kg organic matter m(-2) were used, with that of the conventional agriculture (chemical fertilizers) treatments on Marvello red pepper fruit quality, by using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replicates. Pepper fruits characteristics cultivated in soil supplemented with manure were generally better than those from plants grown in soil only. Addition of animal manure increased bell pepper fruit content of soluble solids, ascorbic acid, total phenols, crude fibre and intensity of red color as compare with conventional agriculture that produced fruits with higher titratable acidity, water content, lycopene and bigger fruit size. In most cases of animal manure treatments, best results were obtained by the sheep manure treatment that produced the highest TSS, while the worst results were obtained by the poultry manure treatment that produced the smallest fruit and lowest fruit lycopene content.

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Authors

Abu-Zahra TR

Institution

Department of Plant Production and Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Al-Balqa' Applied University, As-Salt, 19117, Jordan.

Source

Pakistan journal of biological sciences: PJBS 14:18 2011 Sep 15 pg 876-81

MeSH

Agriculture
Animals
Anthocyanins
Ascorbic Acid
Capsicum
Carotenoids
Cattle
Color
Dietary Fiber
Fertilizers
Fruit
Manure
Phenol
Poultry
Quality Control
Sheep
Soil

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22518928