EFFECT OF LOW POLY-TUNNEL ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND HARVESTING SPAN OF SWEET PEPPER

To study the impact of low plastic tunnel on the performance of bell pepper, an experiment was conducted from 2004-05 to 2006-07 at vegetable experimental area, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. The treatments consisted of transplanting of bell pepper during November under low plastic perforated tunnel, low plastic non perforated tunnel, without protection and February transplanting in open field. The results clearly indicated that early yield(68.7q/ha), total yield (278.2 q/ha), fruit number per plant (18.9), plant height (49.44 cm), fruit girth (33.17 cm) and harvesting span (93 days) were significantly more in low plastic non perforated tunnel as compared to un protected and February transplanted crops. However average fruit weight was at par in all the treatments.