Browse > Article

Effect of Cultivation Time on the Incidence of Brown Fruit Stem of Glasshouse Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)  

Yu Geun (Faculty of Biological Resources Science, Department of Horticulture, Chonbuk National University)
Kim Jae-Cheol (Faculty of Biological Resources Science, Department of Horticulture, Chonbuk National University)
Guak Sung-Hee (Faculty of Biological Resources Science, Department of Horticulture, Chonbuk National University)
Publication Information
Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.15, no.2, 2006 , pp. 162-166 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of cultivation time on the incidence of brown fruit stem (BFS) in glasshouse sweet pepper (cv. Special) and to investigate environmental causes of this disorder. The plants transplanted on 31 August (T1) showed more incidence of BFS than those on 24 November (T2) (6.1% vs.2.9%; P<0.01). The BFS symptom began to appear after completion of fruit enlargement, more often around fruit coloring period. Comparing the environmental factors between T1 and T2, with their data collected for 3 weeks around fruit coloring period, the factor that was most likely responsible for BFS incidence was found to be the night-time humidity deficit (HD) ($1.9g{\cdot}m^{-3}\;vs\;2.9g{\cdot}m^{-3}HD$). These results were reconfirmed as T1 was compared to the plants (T3) that were transplanted at a similar time of the following year to T1, but designed to reduce BSF by increasing air HD via heating at night. That is,T3 had much higher night-time HD than T1 ($5.9g{\cdot}m^{-3}\;vs\;1.9g{\cdot}m^{-3}HD$), and showed no incidence of BFS. These results indicated that, to prevent BFS incidence in the winter-harvesting sweet pepper plants, air humidity at night should be controlled low, especially for the fruit coloring period after fruit enlargement period is completed.
Keywords
daily integrated solar radiation; humidity deficit; root pressure;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Lee, J.P., J.H. Lee, D.J. Myung, S.D. Lee, and B. Hellemans. 2005. Glasshouse Environments and Paprika Production Technology. Sion Publication. p. 117-120
2 Taiz, L. and E. Zeiger. 2002. Plant Physiology. 3rd ed. p. 51. Sinauer Associates
3 RDA. 2004. GAP. Sweet Pepper. p. 170-210
4 Rylski, I. and M. Spigelman. 1986. Effect of shading on plant development, yield and fruit quality of sweet pepper grown under conditions of high temperature and radiation. Sci. Hort. 29:31-35   DOI   ScienceOn