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International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018
http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878
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Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure Rates on
Growth, Yield and Quality of Cayenne Pepper
(Capsicum frutescens. L) in Southern Rain Forest
of Nigeria
Ansa J.E.O.*1 and Woke C. 2
1Department of Agriculture, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education,
(Ndele Campus), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Email: joseph.ansa@iaue.edu.ng
2Department of Agricultural Technology, Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Abstract – Field experiment was conducted at the Teaching
and Research Farm of the Department of Agriculture, Ndele
Campus, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State,to study the effects of poultry manure
rates and crop spacing on growth, yield and quality of
Cayenne pepper. The 3 x 3 factorial experiment with three
replicates was arranged in a Completely Randomized
Design. The main plots were three poultry manure rates (0,
10, 20tons/ha-1) and sub plots, three spacing (50cm x 50cm,
100cm x 50cm and 100cm x 100cm). Data collected were
plant height, number of leaf per plant, leaf area; number of
fruits per plot, fruit weight per plot, fruit yield per hectare,
fruit lycopene and vitamin C contents. Results showed plant
height increased with reducing planting distance and
increasing Poultry manure rate; 50cm by 50cm fertilized at
20tons/ha produced the tallest plants with most number of
leaves but least leaf area LA. Number of fruits, fruit weight
and yield per plot, per hectare increased with increasing
planting density and increasing Poultry manure rates
lycopene and vitamin c contents increased with Poultry
manure levels within the different spacing. Spacing of 50cm
by 50cm fertilized with poultry manure at 20 tons per
hectare is recommended.
Keywords— Cayenne pepper, Poultry Manure, Rainforest,
Spacing, Yield.
I. INTRODUCTION
Cayenne pepper, Capsicum frutescens, a member of hot
pepper Solanaceous family, thought to be native of South
America, is commonly used as ingredient in the preparation
of soups,sauces,stew probably because it contains essential
nutrients and vitamins such as A, E and C. It is called
“sombo” and produced in Nigeria where it is consumed by
the people fresh, dried or processed [1, 2, 3]. The land
area under pepper production in Nigeria as at 1988 and
increasing was estimated to be 100 – 200 hectares [4].
Factors accounting for this increasing land under Capsicum
production on the one hand, is its consumption in Nigeria
which accounts for 40 percent of the total vegetable
consumed per day and on the other hand the lucrative export
business. Nigerian pepper is in high demand abroad because
of its pungency and good flavor and it can be readily dried,
ground and packaged for export [5].
Although pepper can be grown all over Nigeria, the northern
region between latitude 10o N and 12o N is the major area for
production where an estimated 77,000 hectares of land under
pepper cultivation yields about 695 000 metric tons [6]. The
export attraction has encouraged pepper production in
western Nigeria where production have been accompanied
with a lot of research [1, 2, 7] and in the eastern region that
even has special indigenous variety, “Nsukka yellow
pepper” [8, 9]. Literature is scarce for Capsicum spp.
production in the southern rainforest region of Nigeria.
Capsicum yield among peasant farmers are often very low
[10]. In general Capsicum yield in the developing countries
is comparatively lower than those of the developed countries
in the region of about 10 – 30% less.
Reduced and inherent soil fertility and management
practices, weeds infestation and diseases problems have
been largely attributed to the lower yields [3, 5]. Crop
intensification, higher planting densities, judicious use of
fertilizers and organic matter maintenance have been
proffered as panacea for improved production output of
tropical crop production [11, 12]. The southern rainforest of
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Nigeria, a typical rainforest is characterized by high rainfall
amounts and intensity that has been credited with high
leaching that has resulted in impoverishing of the soil
making it fragile [13]. Therefore, fertilization studies on
pepper production in this region become imperative.
Organic manure application has been reported to be more
beneficial over the use of chemical fertilization in tropical
crop production, sustainability and soil fertility management.
The addition of organic manure enhances crop yield because
of improved soil productivity as a result of increased soil
organic carbon content and improved soil physical, soil
chemical and soil biological properties [6, 14]. Whereas the
use of chemical fertilizers supply mainly one or a few
macronutrients, in addition to their ruinous effect to the soil,
organic fertilization conditions the soil, supplies several
macro and micro nutrients, improves and maintain soil
fertility status and also improves crop response to inorganic
fertilization [15, 16]. The use of organic fertilizer has been
reported to improve flavor and quality of vegetable crops as
against the use of inorganic fertilizer. Inorganic fertilization
dis-flavored the ‘Nsukka yellow’ pepper while organic
manure enhanced flavor and opined the best option in the
cultivation of the pepper [17]. Amaranth plants with organic
manure treatment had higher nutritional values in the entire
plant (leaf, stem, inflorescence and root) than those with
inorganic fertilizer treatment [18]. The above informed the
researchers on the study of organic fertilization instead of
inorganic fertilization. Poultry manure among other sources
of organic manure was selected because it is superior and
has higher nutrient content than other sources at the farmer’s
disposal [19, 20, 21].
Increasing the number of crops per unit farmland is one of
recommendations for increased yield or crop produce output.
Yield increase as a result of closely spaced crops (i.e. higher
density) in a crop like pepper is because more plants will
produce more fruits, hence increase in number of fruits or
yield [22]. Increasing the planting density of bell pepper
resulted in higher yield (kg·ha-1) [23]. Southern Nigeria
tropical rainforest is characterized by high rainfall amounts
with wide monthly variation, intensification in terms of high
planting density might favor high yield in cayenne pepper
production.
The study was therefore undertaken to assess the effect of
spacing and poultry manure rates on the growth, yield and
fruit quality of Capsicum frutescens in the southern
Rainforest of Nigeria.
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
Study Site
The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and
Research Farm of the department of Agriculture, Ignatius
Ajuru University of Education, Ndele Campus, Port
Harcourt, River state, between July and November, 2017.
Ndele is located in the southern rainforest region with about
9.5 months of adequate rainfall, 2.5 dry season months, and
cumulative insolation of 120 – 160 Kcal /cum per annum
[24].
Nursery practice
Seeds of cayenne pepper variety of Capsicum frutescens
were on enclosed 1 m x 1 m nursery beds made of dark top
soil. The beds were watered before the seeds were
broadcasted evenly and watered. After emergence, thinning
was done, removing some seedlings so that strong healthy
pepper seedling can be obtained for transplanting. Seedlings
were watered daily and ready for transplant after 40 days.
Land Preparation
The total experimental area was manually cleared, grass
stumps dug out. The soil was tilled with spade and 3 mby 3
m beds were constructed. The individual beds were then
mapped out according to the respective spacing ready for
seedling transplant.
Experimental Design/Treatment
The study adopted a 3 x 3 factorial experiment arranged in a
randomized complete block design (RCBD) and replicated
three times. The treatments were (i) Poultry manure rates (0,
10 and 20 tons per hectare) and (ii) Spacing (50 cm x 50 cm;
100 cm x 50 cm and 100cm x 100cm). Poultry manure rates
were the main plots while spacing the sub plots, replicated 3
times to give a total of 9 main plots and 27 sub plots.
Treatment combinations were randomly allotted to plots.
Application of poultry manure was done 2 weeks after
transplanting. Soil sample of the experimental sight were
obtained using soil auger ad sent to the Laboratory for
analysis.
Data collection and analysis
Vegetative and growth parameters measured at 2, 4 6, 8 and
10 weeks after transplanting were plant height (growth rate),
number of leaves and leaf area.
Yield parameters determined at harvest were number of
fruits per plot, fruit weight per plot and estimated fruit yield
per hectare.
Fruit quality were accessed by determining fruit moisture
and Vitamin C contents [25] and lycopene content [26].
Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance and
means separated by Duncan Multiple Rang Test (DMRT)
using PASW 18th Edition statistical software.
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III. RESULTS
Visual Observation
It was observed that application of poultry manure
irrespective of the spacing resulted in darker green leaves of
the pepper. Application of the manure also enhanced the
establishment of the transplanted seedling.
Growth Response
Growth response (plant height) of cayenne pepper to varying
rate of poultry manure and spacing is displayed in Table 1.
Irrespective of treatments, plant height i.e. growth rate
increased with age of the plants. Also, plant height increased
with density i.e. spacing. The growth rate response to
spacing was significant (P ≤ 0.05), indicating that the
variation in plant height was due to the different spacing.
The trend was that plant height increased as the distance
(spacing) between plants reduced. At 10 weeks after
transplanting (WAT) cayenne plants spaced at 50 cm x 50
cm were 1.5 times taller than the most widely spaced plant at
100 cm x100 cm.
Application of poultry manure rates was also responsible for
the variation in plant height (Significant Fcal P < 0.05).
Increasing rates of poultry manure resulted in positive
correlating increase in plant height of cayenne plants. While
the difference in height between the control plants and those
that received poultry manure was not significant at 2 WAT,
it became significant by 10 WAT, the difference in height
was 40% over the control plants.
Vegetative Growth
The influence of spacing and poultry manure on vegetative
characteristics of cayenne pepper is highlighted in Table 2.
Cayenne pepper spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm had plants
with the least number of leaves, and significantly different
from those spaced at 50 cm by 50 cm and 100 cm x 50 cm
(P < 0.05). Though, pepper plant spaced at 50 cm by 50 cm
had higher number of leaves than those spaced at 100 cm x
50 cm, the difference was not statistically or markedly
different.
Poultry fertilizer rate had marked statistically significant
effect on number of leaves of cayenne pepper. Number of
leaves increased significantly with increase rates of poultry
manure application. Plants that were fertilized with 20ton/ha
PM rate recorded the highest number of leaves (14)
compared to with the control plants.
There were marked variation in cayenne pepper leaf area
due to the various spacing (Table 2). Pepper crops spaced 50
cm by 50 cm had the smallest size of leaves (less leaf area),
while those spaced and 100 cm x 50 cm and 100 cm by 100
cm were not significantly different but produced leaves with
higher leaf area than those spaced at 50 cmx 50 cm.
Poultry manure doses had marked leaf area variation in
Capsicum frutescens. The Pepper crops that did not receive
poultry manure had the smallest sized leaves (leaf area).
Increasing levels of poultry manure resulted in increasing
sizes of leaves. Cayenne pepper plant that received 20 ton/ha
poultry manure application produced the highest leaf area of
56.8cm2. This is followed by plants that received 10 ton/ha
which produced leaf area of 53.9 cm 2.
Fruit Yield
The effect of spacing and poultry manure rate on cayenne
pepper fruit yield is shown on Table 3. Number of harvested
fruit and fruit weight (yield) were markedly affected by
spacing. Fruit yield and numbers increased with the closer
high density spacing. Thus plants spaced 50 cmx50 cmhad
doubled the yield of those spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm and
was the yield per plot was 3 times over those spaced at 100
cm x 100 cm.
The response of Capsicum frutescens to poultry manure
inclusion was such that fruit yield per plot and per hectare
increased with increasing levels of the manure. The yield of
the crop at application rates of 10 and 20 ton/ha was not
significantly different. However there was marked
difference in yield between poultry manure fertilized pepper
crop and the control. The increase in yield of 10 and 20
ton/ha fertilized pepper plants over the control plants was
65% and 83% respectively.
Table.1: Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure rates on Capsicum frutescens growth rate (Plant height cm)
Spacing Weeks after Transplanting
2 4 6 8 10
50 cm x 50 cm 17.0c 19.3c 27.3c 34.1c 39.5c
100 cm x 50 cm 16.3b 17.7b 24.3b 28.4b 32.1b
100 cm x 100 cm 12.4a 14.4a 18.4a 24.3a 26.1a
SE .186 .173 .366 .529 1.020
Poultry Manure (PM) Rate
0. 14.5a 16.5a 21.4a 25.5a 26.2a
10 ton/ha 15.2a 16.9a 23.8b 29.9b 34.4b
20 ton/ha 16.0a 18.0b 24.9c 31.4c 36.9b
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SE + .186 .173 .366 .529 1.020
Spacing X PM Rate NS * * * *
Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 05 by Duncan multiple rage test . * =
Significant. NS = Not significant.
Table.2: Influence of spacing and poultry manure rate on vegetative characteristics of Capsicum frutescens (10 WAT)
* Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 05 by Duncan multiple rage test *.
Table.3: Effect of Spacing and Poultry manure levels on yield in Capsicum frutescens
Spacing Number of Fruit Fruit weight/plant (g) Fruit yield kg/ha
50 cm x 50 cm
100 cm x 50 cm
100 cm x 50 cm
S.E.
192.4a
111.2b
61.7c
1.478
456.7a
265.2b
148.9c
4.147
507.4
294.6
165.4
Poultry Manure (PM) Rate
0 ton/ha 83.8a 194.2a 215.7
10 ton/ha 133.5b 321.5b 357.2
20 ton/ha 148.0c 355.0b 394.4
S.E. 1.478 4.147
* Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 0.05 by Duncan multiple rage test *.
Table 4 shows the quality effects to spacing and poultry
manure levels by cayenne pepper. Per cent moisture content
was not influence by spacing and poultry manure rates as no
clear trend was observed. However the widely spaced crops
at 100 cm by 100 cm had more moisture in the fruit. Within
each spacing treatment vitamin contents in the fruits
increased with manure rates, with plants spaced at 50 cm x
50 cm producing pepper plants with highest vitamin c as
manure level increase.
Lycopene content in cayenne fruit were positively affected
by poultry manure in all spacing treatment. Plants that did
not receive manure had lowest levels of lycopene; however
among the plants that were spread at 100 cm by 50 cm
lycopene content of the control plants had higher lycopene
levels than those fertilized with poultry manure.
In plant spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm, increasing poultry
manure rate beyond 10 ton/ha resulted in reduction of
lycopene content in the fruit. In plants spaced at 50 cmby 50
cm increasing poultry manure content resulted in increasing
levels of lycopene in fruit.
Spacing No. of Leaves LA (cm3)
50 cm x 50 cm 13.8b 42.3a
100 cm x 50 cm 13.3b 47.4b
100 cm x 100 cm 12.0a 47.4b
SE .203 .272
Poultry Manure (PM) Rate
0 ton/ha 11.2a 24.5a
10 ton/ha 13.4b 53.9b
20 ton/ha 14.4c 56.8c
SE .203 .272
Spacing & PM Rate NS NS
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Table.4: Influence of spacing and poultry manure rates on fruits quality cayenne pepper
Spacing Poultry manure rate
Ton/ha
% Moisture
Content
Vitamin C Lycopene
(mg/kg)
50 cm x 50 cm 0
10
20
77.77
74.43
75.74
0.26
0.61
0.77
28.50
31.12
34.45
100 cm x 50 cm 0
10
20
79.43
69.1
73.27
0.26
0.3562
0.4272
28.50
17.95
24.89
100 cm x 100 cm 0
10
20
79.87
70.2
75.4
0.26
0.2637
0.5148
28.51
60.19
49.65
IV. DISCUSSION
Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure Rates on Growth
and Yield of Cayenne Pepper
This study observed that plant height, that is, growth rate
increased with spacing. This is in line with studies by other
researchers who reported increase in plant height in closely
spaced green pepper in Kenya [27]. It was also observed
that increasing the rate of poultry manure led to increasing
plant height of cayenne pepper. This observation
corroborates other research findings on aromatic pepper,
Capsicum annum L var (Nsukka yellow) in Nsukka, Enugu
State, Nigeria [28]; that plant height increased with
increasing poultry manure rates.
Reducing planting distance and increasing poultry manure
rate resulted in increasing number of leaves. This is similar
to the reports increasing vegetative growth with poultry
manure application in Nsukka yellow anomatic pepper at
Nsukka [29].
The fruit yield of cayenne pepper increased with spacing
per plot and per hectare. This could be as a result of higher
population of plants, with each individual plants producing
high number of fruits. Similarly in a different study on
green pepper, closely spaced pepper recorded higher yields
than widely spaced pepper [27]; while higher yield was
observe in tomatoes with increasing levels of poultry
manure [30].
Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure on fruit quality of
Cayenne pepper
Increasing levels of poultry manure resulted on the
increasing contents of lycopenes and Vitamin C in this
study. This finding is similar to the findings of other
research done on tomato; which indicated that lycopene
content increased with poultry manure levels [30]. However
their findings [30] that control tomatoes plant had higher
vitamin content than those receiving poultry manure is
contrary the observation in this study. It was observed that
the control plants had lower levels of Vitamin C compared
with cayenne pepper that received poultry manure.
V. CONCLUSION
Spacing cayenne pepper at 50 cm by 50 cm will result in
higher growth rate and yield. Application of 20 ton/ha of
poultry manure will result in higher growth rate and yield.
Spacing has no significant difference on lycopene and
vitamin content in cayenne pepper. Increasing rate of
poultry manure results in higher Vitamin C content in
cayenne pepper. Application of 20 ton/ha poultry manure
and a spacing of 50 cm by 50 cm is recommended for
cayenne pepper production in the southern rainforest zone
of Nigeria.
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Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure Rates on Growth, Yield and Quality of Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum frutescens. L) in Southern Rain Forest of Nigeria

  • 1. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878 www.ijeab.com Page | 1234 Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure Rates on Growth, Yield and Quality of Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum frutescens. L) in Southern Rain Forest of Nigeria Ansa J.E.O.*1 and Woke C. 2 1Department of Agriculture, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, (Ndele Campus), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Email: joseph.ansa@iaue.edu.ng 2Department of Agricultural Technology, Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Abstract – Field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Agriculture, Ndele Campus, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,to study the effects of poultry manure rates and crop spacing on growth, yield and quality of Cayenne pepper. The 3 x 3 factorial experiment with three replicates was arranged in a Completely Randomized Design. The main plots were three poultry manure rates (0, 10, 20tons/ha-1) and sub plots, three spacing (50cm x 50cm, 100cm x 50cm and 100cm x 100cm). Data collected were plant height, number of leaf per plant, leaf area; number of fruits per plot, fruit weight per plot, fruit yield per hectare, fruit lycopene and vitamin C contents. Results showed plant height increased with reducing planting distance and increasing Poultry manure rate; 50cm by 50cm fertilized at 20tons/ha produced the tallest plants with most number of leaves but least leaf area LA. Number of fruits, fruit weight and yield per plot, per hectare increased with increasing planting density and increasing Poultry manure rates lycopene and vitamin c contents increased with Poultry manure levels within the different spacing. Spacing of 50cm by 50cm fertilized with poultry manure at 20 tons per hectare is recommended. Keywords— Cayenne pepper, Poultry Manure, Rainforest, Spacing, Yield. I. INTRODUCTION Cayenne pepper, Capsicum frutescens, a member of hot pepper Solanaceous family, thought to be native of South America, is commonly used as ingredient in the preparation of soups,sauces,stew probably because it contains essential nutrients and vitamins such as A, E and C. It is called “sombo” and produced in Nigeria where it is consumed by the people fresh, dried or processed [1, 2, 3]. The land area under pepper production in Nigeria as at 1988 and increasing was estimated to be 100 – 200 hectares [4]. Factors accounting for this increasing land under Capsicum production on the one hand, is its consumption in Nigeria which accounts for 40 percent of the total vegetable consumed per day and on the other hand the lucrative export business. Nigerian pepper is in high demand abroad because of its pungency and good flavor and it can be readily dried, ground and packaged for export [5]. Although pepper can be grown all over Nigeria, the northern region between latitude 10o N and 12o N is the major area for production where an estimated 77,000 hectares of land under pepper cultivation yields about 695 000 metric tons [6]. The export attraction has encouraged pepper production in western Nigeria where production have been accompanied with a lot of research [1, 2, 7] and in the eastern region that even has special indigenous variety, “Nsukka yellow pepper” [8, 9]. Literature is scarce for Capsicum spp. production in the southern rainforest region of Nigeria. Capsicum yield among peasant farmers are often very low [10]. In general Capsicum yield in the developing countries is comparatively lower than those of the developed countries in the region of about 10 – 30% less. Reduced and inherent soil fertility and management practices, weeds infestation and diseases problems have been largely attributed to the lower yields [3, 5]. Crop intensification, higher planting densities, judicious use of fertilizers and organic matter maintenance have been proffered as panacea for improved production output of tropical crop production [11, 12]. The southern rainforest of
  • 2. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878 www.ijeab.com Page | 1235 Nigeria, a typical rainforest is characterized by high rainfall amounts and intensity that has been credited with high leaching that has resulted in impoverishing of the soil making it fragile [13]. Therefore, fertilization studies on pepper production in this region become imperative. Organic manure application has been reported to be more beneficial over the use of chemical fertilization in tropical crop production, sustainability and soil fertility management. The addition of organic manure enhances crop yield because of improved soil productivity as a result of increased soil organic carbon content and improved soil physical, soil chemical and soil biological properties [6, 14]. Whereas the use of chemical fertilizers supply mainly one or a few macronutrients, in addition to their ruinous effect to the soil, organic fertilization conditions the soil, supplies several macro and micro nutrients, improves and maintain soil fertility status and also improves crop response to inorganic fertilization [15, 16]. The use of organic fertilizer has been reported to improve flavor and quality of vegetable crops as against the use of inorganic fertilizer. Inorganic fertilization dis-flavored the ‘Nsukka yellow’ pepper while organic manure enhanced flavor and opined the best option in the cultivation of the pepper [17]. Amaranth plants with organic manure treatment had higher nutritional values in the entire plant (leaf, stem, inflorescence and root) than those with inorganic fertilizer treatment [18]. The above informed the researchers on the study of organic fertilization instead of inorganic fertilization. Poultry manure among other sources of organic manure was selected because it is superior and has higher nutrient content than other sources at the farmer’s disposal [19, 20, 21]. Increasing the number of crops per unit farmland is one of recommendations for increased yield or crop produce output. Yield increase as a result of closely spaced crops (i.e. higher density) in a crop like pepper is because more plants will produce more fruits, hence increase in number of fruits or yield [22]. Increasing the planting density of bell pepper resulted in higher yield (kg·ha-1) [23]. Southern Nigeria tropical rainforest is characterized by high rainfall amounts with wide monthly variation, intensification in terms of high planting density might favor high yield in cayenne pepper production. The study was therefore undertaken to assess the effect of spacing and poultry manure rates on the growth, yield and fruit quality of Capsicum frutescens in the southern Rainforest of Nigeria. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study Site The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the department of Agriculture, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Ndele Campus, Port Harcourt, River state, between July and November, 2017. Ndele is located in the southern rainforest region with about 9.5 months of adequate rainfall, 2.5 dry season months, and cumulative insolation of 120 – 160 Kcal /cum per annum [24]. Nursery practice Seeds of cayenne pepper variety of Capsicum frutescens were on enclosed 1 m x 1 m nursery beds made of dark top soil. The beds were watered before the seeds were broadcasted evenly and watered. After emergence, thinning was done, removing some seedlings so that strong healthy pepper seedling can be obtained for transplanting. Seedlings were watered daily and ready for transplant after 40 days. Land Preparation The total experimental area was manually cleared, grass stumps dug out. The soil was tilled with spade and 3 mby 3 m beds were constructed. The individual beds were then mapped out according to the respective spacing ready for seedling transplant. Experimental Design/Treatment The study adopted a 3 x 3 factorial experiment arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) and replicated three times. The treatments were (i) Poultry manure rates (0, 10 and 20 tons per hectare) and (ii) Spacing (50 cm x 50 cm; 100 cm x 50 cm and 100cm x 100cm). Poultry manure rates were the main plots while spacing the sub plots, replicated 3 times to give a total of 9 main plots and 27 sub plots. Treatment combinations were randomly allotted to plots. Application of poultry manure was done 2 weeks after transplanting. Soil sample of the experimental sight were obtained using soil auger ad sent to the Laboratory for analysis. Data collection and analysis Vegetative and growth parameters measured at 2, 4 6, 8 and 10 weeks after transplanting were plant height (growth rate), number of leaves and leaf area. Yield parameters determined at harvest were number of fruits per plot, fruit weight per plot and estimated fruit yield per hectare. Fruit quality were accessed by determining fruit moisture and Vitamin C contents [25] and lycopene content [26]. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance and means separated by Duncan Multiple Rang Test (DMRT) using PASW 18th Edition statistical software.
  • 3. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878 www.ijeab.com Page | 1236 III. RESULTS Visual Observation It was observed that application of poultry manure irrespective of the spacing resulted in darker green leaves of the pepper. Application of the manure also enhanced the establishment of the transplanted seedling. Growth Response Growth response (plant height) of cayenne pepper to varying rate of poultry manure and spacing is displayed in Table 1. Irrespective of treatments, plant height i.e. growth rate increased with age of the plants. Also, plant height increased with density i.e. spacing. The growth rate response to spacing was significant (P ≤ 0.05), indicating that the variation in plant height was due to the different spacing. The trend was that plant height increased as the distance (spacing) between plants reduced. At 10 weeks after transplanting (WAT) cayenne plants spaced at 50 cm x 50 cm were 1.5 times taller than the most widely spaced plant at 100 cm x100 cm. Application of poultry manure rates was also responsible for the variation in plant height (Significant Fcal P < 0.05). Increasing rates of poultry manure resulted in positive correlating increase in plant height of cayenne plants. While the difference in height between the control plants and those that received poultry manure was not significant at 2 WAT, it became significant by 10 WAT, the difference in height was 40% over the control plants. Vegetative Growth The influence of spacing and poultry manure on vegetative characteristics of cayenne pepper is highlighted in Table 2. Cayenne pepper spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm had plants with the least number of leaves, and significantly different from those spaced at 50 cm by 50 cm and 100 cm x 50 cm (P < 0.05). Though, pepper plant spaced at 50 cm by 50 cm had higher number of leaves than those spaced at 100 cm x 50 cm, the difference was not statistically or markedly different. Poultry fertilizer rate had marked statistically significant effect on number of leaves of cayenne pepper. Number of leaves increased significantly with increase rates of poultry manure application. Plants that were fertilized with 20ton/ha PM rate recorded the highest number of leaves (14) compared to with the control plants. There were marked variation in cayenne pepper leaf area due to the various spacing (Table 2). Pepper crops spaced 50 cm by 50 cm had the smallest size of leaves (less leaf area), while those spaced and 100 cm x 50 cm and 100 cm by 100 cm were not significantly different but produced leaves with higher leaf area than those spaced at 50 cmx 50 cm. Poultry manure doses had marked leaf area variation in Capsicum frutescens. The Pepper crops that did not receive poultry manure had the smallest sized leaves (leaf area). Increasing levels of poultry manure resulted in increasing sizes of leaves. Cayenne pepper plant that received 20 ton/ha poultry manure application produced the highest leaf area of 56.8cm2. This is followed by plants that received 10 ton/ha which produced leaf area of 53.9 cm 2. Fruit Yield The effect of spacing and poultry manure rate on cayenne pepper fruit yield is shown on Table 3. Number of harvested fruit and fruit weight (yield) were markedly affected by spacing. Fruit yield and numbers increased with the closer high density spacing. Thus plants spaced 50 cmx50 cmhad doubled the yield of those spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm and was the yield per plot was 3 times over those spaced at 100 cm x 100 cm. The response of Capsicum frutescens to poultry manure inclusion was such that fruit yield per plot and per hectare increased with increasing levels of the manure. The yield of the crop at application rates of 10 and 20 ton/ha was not significantly different. However there was marked difference in yield between poultry manure fertilized pepper crop and the control. The increase in yield of 10 and 20 ton/ha fertilized pepper plants over the control plants was 65% and 83% respectively. Table.1: Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure rates on Capsicum frutescens growth rate (Plant height cm) Spacing Weeks after Transplanting 2 4 6 8 10 50 cm x 50 cm 17.0c 19.3c 27.3c 34.1c 39.5c 100 cm x 50 cm 16.3b 17.7b 24.3b 28.4b 32.1b 100 cm x 100 cm 12.4a 14.4a 18.4a 24.3a 26.1a SE .186 .173 .366 .529 1.020 Poultry Manure (PM) Rate 0. 14.5a 16.5a 21.4a 25.5a 26.2a 10 ton/ha 15.2a 16.9a 23.8b 29.9b 34.4b 20 ton/ha 16.0a 18.0b 24.9c 31.4c 36.9b
  • 4. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878 www.ijeab.com Page | 1237 SE + .186 .173 .366 .529 1.020 Spacing X PM Rate NS * * * * Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 05 by Duncan multiple rage test . * = Significant. NS = Not significant. Table.2: Influence of spacing and poultry manure rate on vegetative characteristics of Capsicum frutescens (10 WAT) * Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 05 by Duncan multiple rage test *. Table.3: Effect of Spacing and Poultry manure levels on yield in Capsicum frutescens Spacing Number of Fruit Fruit weight/plant (g) Fruit yield kg/ha 50 cm x 50 cm 100 cm x 50 cm 100 cm x 50 cm S.E. 192.4a 111.2b 61.7c 1.478 456.7a 265.2b 148.9c 4.147 507.4 294.6 165.4 Poultry Manure (PM) Rate 0 ton/ha 83.8a 194.2a 215.7 10 ton/ha 133.5b 321.5b 357.2 20 ton/ha 148.0c 355.0b 394.4 S.E. 1.478 4.147 * Means followed by same letter in each column are not significantly different at P < 0.05 by Duncan multiple rage test *. Table 4 shows the quality effects to spacing and poultry manure levels by cayenne pepper. Per cent moisture content was not influence by spacing and poultry manure rates as no clear trend was observed. However the widely spaced crops at 100 cm by 100 cm had more moisture in the fruit. Within each spacing treatment vitamin contents in the fruits increased with manure rates, with plants spaced at 50 cm x 50 cm producing pepper plants with highest vitamin c as manure level increase. Lycopene content in cayenne fruit were positively affected by poultry manure in all spacing treatment. Plants that did not receive manure had lowest levels of lycopene; however among the plants that were spread at 100 cm by 50 cm lycopene content of the control plants had higher lycopene levels than those fertilized with poultry manure. In plant spaced at 100 cm by 100 cm, increasing poultry manure rate beyond 10 ton/ha resulted in reduction of lycopene content in the fruit. In plants spaced at 50 cmby 50 cm increasing poultry manure content resulted in increasing levels of lycopene in fruit. Spacing No. of Leaves LA (cm3) 50 cm x 50 cm 13.8b 42.3a 100 cm x 50 cm 13.3b 47.4b 100 cm x 100 cm 12.0a 47.4b SE .203 .272 Poultry Manure (PM) Rate 0 ton/ha 11.2a 24.5a 10 ton/ha 13.4b 53.9b 20 ton/ha 14.4c 56.8c SE .203 .272 Spacing & PM Rate NS NS
  • 5. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IJEAB) Vol-3, Issue-4, Jul-Aug- 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijeab/3.4.13 ISSN: 2456-1878 www.ijeab.com Page | 1238 Table.4: Influence of spacing and poultry manure rates on fruits quality cayenne pepper Spacing Poultry manure rate Ton/ha % Moisture Content Vitamin C Lycopene (mg/kg) 50 cm x 50 cm 0 10 20 77.77 74.43 75.74 0.26 0.61 0.77 28.50 31.12 34.45 100 cm x 50 cm 0 10 20 79.43 69.1 73.27 0.26 0.3562 0.4272 28.50 17.95 24.89 100 cm x 100 cm 0 10 20 79.87 70.2 75.4 0.26 0.2637 0.5148 28.51 60.19 49.65 IV. DISCUSSION Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure Rates on Growth and Yield of Cayenne Pepper This study observed that plant height, that is, growth rate increased with spacing. This is in line with studies by other researchers who reported increase in plant height in closely spaced green pepper in Kenya [27]. It was also observed that increasing the rate of poultry manure led to increasing plant height of cayenne pepper. This observation corroborates other research findings on aromatic pepper, Capsicum annum L var (Nsukka yellow) in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria [28]; that plant height increased with increasing poultry manure rates. Reducing planting distance and increasing poultry manure rate resulted in increasing number of leaves. This is similar to the reports increasing vegetative growth with poultry manure application in Nsukka yellow anomatic pepper at Nsukka [29]. The fruit yield of cayenne pepper increased with spacing per plot and per hectare. This could be as a result of higher population of plants, with each individual plants producing high number of fruits. Similarly in a different study on green pepper, closely spaced pepper recorded higher yields than widely spaced pepper [27]; while higher yield was observe in tomatoes with increasing levels of poultry manure [30]. Effect of Spacing and Poultry Manure on fruit quality of Cayenne pepper Increasing levels of poultry manure resulted on the increasing contents of lycopenes and Vitamin C in this study. This finding is similar to the findings of other research done on tomato; which indicated that lycopene content increased with poultry manure levels [30]. However their findings [30] that control tomatoes plant had higher vitamin content than those receiving poultry manure is contrary the observation in this study. It was observed that the control plants had lower levels of Vitamin C compared with cayenne pepper that received poultry manure. V. CONCLUSION Spacing cayenne pepper at 50 cm by 50 cm will result in higher growth rate and yield. Application of 20 ton/ha of poultry manure will result in higher growth rate and yield. Spacing has no significant difference on lycopene and vitamin content in cayenne pepper. Increasing rate of poultry manure results in higher Vitamin C content in cayenne pepper. Application of 20 ton/ha poultry manure and a spacing of 50 cm by 50 cm is recommended for cayenne pepper production in the southern rainforest zone of Nigeria. REFERENCES [1] Alegbejo, M.F., Orakwe, F.C. & Ado, S.G. (1999). Characteristics of chilli pepper cultivars released by the Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, Nigeria. Capsicum and eggplant Newsletter,18, 21-24. [2] Denton O.A., Olufolaji A.O. (2000). Nigeria’s most important vegetable crops. In: Akoroda, M.O. (Compiler). Agronomy in Nigeria: A Book in Support of Agronomy Re-Union Day on 4th October 2000. Department of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria 85-93. [3] Grubben, G.J.H., & El-Tahir, I.M. (2004). Capsicum annum L. In: (Grubben, G.J.H. and Denton, O.A, Editors). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. (pp.154-163). PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands/CTA Wageningen, Netherlands.
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