Efficiency of sweet pepper cultivation in the Lower Volga Area using drip irrigation and fertilizers

Abstract

Sweet pepper varieties and hybrids have been identified with the perspective of production in the light chestnut soils in the Low Volga Area using a drip irrigation system. Seven varieties and eleven hybrids have been analyzed in the field experiment subjected to the levels of mineral nutrition and water use. The efficiency of a mineral fertilizer dose of N₁₈₀ in three split applications has been determined. Listed below are the hybrids and varieties best adapted to the typical conditions of the region: the Golden Zvezda Vostoka, Krasnaya Zvezda Vostoka, Zhyoltaya Zvezda Vostoka, Romeo, Moi General, and Pafos F₁ hybrids; the Lolita, Vityaz’, Galateya, Zor’ka, and Everest varieties, which produced yields of 127.4, 125.3, 102.2, 133.4, 107.2, 103.1, 11.8, 107.7, 90.6, 89.1, and 88.2 tons per hectare, respectively.