ORGANO-MINERAL FERTILIZERS AND VERMICOMPOST EFFECT ON MORPHOPHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND CAPSAICINOIDS IN Capsicum chinense Jacq.

Liliana Lara Capistrán, Elia Nora Aquino Bolaños, Araceli Minerva Vera Guzmán, Luis Guillermo Hernández Montiel, Guadalupe Contreras Martínez, Isabel Alemán Chávez

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Background: Vermicomposts and mineral organ fertilizers are used as a source of nutrients in the substrate of horticultural crops under greenhouses and promote improvements in growth, production and fruit quality. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an organo-mineral fertilizer and two vermicompost origins on morphophysiological parameters, yield and capsaicinoid contents in Super Habanero F1 chili fruits under greenhouse conditions. Methodology: A completely randomized experimental design was used with six treatments: T1 Chemical Fertilizers (CF), T2 Organo-mineral Fertilizer (FO), T3 Sheep Manure Vermicompost (L1), T4 Coffee Pulp Vermicompost (L2), T5 FO+L1 and T6 FO+L2, each with twenty replications. Plant height (cm), stem diameter (mm), number of leaves, leaf area (cm2), chlorophyll content (SPAD units), number of total flowers, number of total fruits, harvest index (%), yield per plant (g) sum of 5 harvests, fruit weight (g), equatorial and polar diameter (mm), firmness (N) and capsaicin content (mg CAP or DIH 100 g-1 dry base) were evaluated. The results were analyzed using an ANOVA and contrast of Tukey's minimum significant difference (HSD) with a significant level of 5 % (α= 0.05). Results: The statistical analysis showed significant differences (p≤0.05) between the treatments evaluated. In fact, there was a very marked trend in all variables where FO+L2 was the best treatment for morphophysiological parameters, with yield of 989 g plant-1, fruit quality and capsaicin (983.63 mg 100 g-1 db), dihydrocapsaicin (238.89 mg 100 g-1 db) and capsaicinoid contents (1222.53 mg 100 g-1 db). Implications: It is possible to increase the yield and improve the quality characteristics of the habanero pepper fruit, through the application of organ-mineral fertilizers and vermicomposts. Conclusion: The application of organ-mineral fertilizers plus the incorporation of vermicompost based on coffee pulp (FO+L2) increased the morphophysiology variables, fruit quality, yield per plant and the contents of capsaicinoids in Super Habanero F1 chili fruit.

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Organic fertilizer; Super Habanero F1 pepper; fruit quality; capsaicin.

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