ABSTRACT
Effect of different amounts of water applied to peppers. I. Effect of excessive soil humidity

Raúl Ferreyra E.1, Gabriel Sellés van Sch.2 y Juan Tosso T.3
 

The study was done at La Platina Experiment Station (INIA, Santiago) during the 1981/82 season. The treatments ere defined as 1 .3, 1 .0, 0.7 and 0.3 times the pan evaporation (class A) and were arranged in comple-tly randomized blocks, with three replications. Results indicated that pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants are affected when theair space of the sol) is below 16%. Yield, dry matter root development, nitrogen content and chlorophyll content diminished when excessive water was applied (1.0 x pan evaporation or more). A yield reduction was observed under water deficit (0.3 x pan evaporation). The major concentration of roots wes in the first 30 cm of the soil.

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1 Estación Experimental La Platina (INIA), Casilla 5427, Santiago, Chile.
2 Escuela de Agronomía, U. de Chile, Casilla 1004, Santiago, Chile.
3 Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. Casilla 5427, Santiago, Chile.