Vol. 10, Special Issue 9s (2021)

Author(s):
Ghanshyam Thakur, Anil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar Maurya and Manju Kumari

Abstract:
The bell pepper, (Capsicum annuum L), is an important off-season cash crop among the solanceous vegetables cultivated in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bihar. An experiment was carried out to study the Effect of different level of training on fruit quality of Capsicum (Capsicum annuum L) hybrid buffalo under natural ventilated polyhouse during September, 2016 to February, 2017 at Hi-Tech Horticulture, Dr. R.P.C.A.U Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar. There were three levels of training level viz. P1 (two shoots), P2 (three shoots) and P3 ((four shoots). The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. Among the different training level the maximum fruit length, fruit breadth, volume of fruit, rind thickness, self- life, A⁺ grade %, A grade %, B grade % was recorded under P1(two shoots) rest of treatments while C grade % fruit and B : C ratio was recorded under P3 (Four shoots) rest of treatments.