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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2018.27.2.173

Changes in Crop Growth and Nutrient Concentrations of Tissue and Soil Solution in Raising of Hot Pepper Plug Seedlings as Influenced by Various Pre-planting Nitrogen Levels Incorporated into a Inert Medium  

Oh, Sang Se (Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Yun-Seob (Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Park, Myong Sun (Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Hyun Cheul (Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Choi, Jong Myung (Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.27, no.2, 2018 , pp. 173-179 More about this Journal
Abstract
Investigation of the optimum levels of pre-plant nitrogen for raising of hot pepper (cv. Nokkwang) plug seedlings was the objective of this research. To achieve this, the pre-plant nitrogen levels were varied to 0, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, and $1,500mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ and the other essential nutrients were controlled to equal concentrations in all treatments. All the fertilizers were added during the formulation of the mixed medium of coir dust, peatmoss, and perlite with the ratio of 35, 35, and 30% (v/v/v). The root medium containing pre-plant fertilizer was packed into 50-cell plug trays and seeds were sown. The measurement of pH and EC in every week, soil solution analysis for nutrients in week 0, 3, and 7 and growth measurements as well as tissue analysis for nutrient contents in week 7 were conducted. The pHs measured before seed sowing did not show significant differences, but the differences among treatments became significant as seedlings grow bigger. The soil solution ECs were significantly different among treatments in week 0 and these differences were diminished by degrees after week 3, resulting in no significant differences among treatments in week 7. The trends in changes of $NH_4-N$, $NO_3-N$, and other the macro-element concentrations in soil solution of root media were similar to those of ECs. The treatments of 500 and $750mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ N were more effective than other treatments on seedling growth. The seedling growths in the treatments containing higher N than $1,000mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ and control were severely suppressed. The elevated pre-plant N concentrations in the root medium resulted in the increase of tissue N contents. The treatments of 500 and $750mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ N shown the highest seedling growths had 5.13% and 5.31%, respectively, in tissue N contents based on the dry weight of above ground tissue at week 7. The results of this study indicated that the optimum level of pre-plant N is 500 to $750mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ for the raising of hot pepper plug seedlings.
Keywords
dry weight; EC; fresh weight; pH; nutrient contents;
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