Efficacy of various vitamins and nutrients in enhancing quality and production of Capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.)
*1 Milu Rani Das and 2 Nilofer Sheikh and 3 S. I. Bhuyan
1Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, 9 th Mile, Ri-Bhoi-793101 {India} 2Department of Botany, Biswanath College, Biswanath Chariali, Assam, {India} 3Department of Botany, Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya Behali, Biswanath, Assam-784184 {India} Corresponding author:miluranidas_2007@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT
The experiment was undertaken to examine the response of foliar application of Ascorbic acid, Boric acid, and riboflavin on the growth and yield of Capsicum {Capsicum annuum L.}. In this experiment, the treatments considered were boric acid {100 ppm}, ascorbic acid {10ppm}, riboflavin {10 ppm}, ascorbic acid {10 ppm}+ boric acid {100ppm}, and riboflavin {10ppm}+Boric acid {100ppm}. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design {RBD} with four replication. Among all the treatments, ascorbic acid {10ppm}+Boric acid {100ppm} treated plants give the highest plant growth and fruit yield, followed by riboflavin {10ppm} +boric acid {100ppm}. The results showed that foliar application of these vitamins and boric acid significantly increased the growth parameters and photosynthetic pigments compared with the control plants. All treatments induced the plants to flower and produce fruits earlier than the control plants. The treated plants improve the quality of the fruit produced by increasing self life, protein, sugar, and ascorbic acid content.