Abstract
AbstractPrecision agriculture requires supply of adequate amount of fertilizer application to increase crop yield and prevent environmental contamination. Objective of the study was to evaluate response of pepper under different fertigation method and amount using plant induced electrical signal (PIES) for precision agriculture. Pepper was fertigated 10 times with recommended additional nitrogen fertilizer and set as a control. Low fertilizer treatment did not receive additional urea and high fertilizer received three times higher amount of nitrogen fertilizer. Conventional treatment was fertigated as basal fertilizer and once with additional fertilizer. The PIES decreased during vegetative stage and remained constant at reproductive stage because of reduced nutrient and water uptake. The PIES showed positive relationship with soil NH4+, NO3−, stem NO3− and leaf N, which resulted in highest PIES value during reproductive stage in high fertilizer treated pepper. Plant growth parameters were also related with the PIES although yield was not affected by different fertilizer treatment.
Funder
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Organic Chemistry,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology