Abstract
Studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of plant spacing, row arrangement, and N rate on bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) fruit production. Peppers were grown on a recently cleared sandy soil on raised polyethylene mulch beds during 2 years with one and two plant rows on 1.22-m beds and two and three plant rows on 1.83-m beds with two in-row plant spacings and two N rates. Marketable fruit production was similar during the 2 years. Yields per plant were 30% greater with a 0.31- than a 0.23-m in-row plant spacing. Even with the 33.3% larger number of plants per ha with the latter in-row spacing, yields per ha were similar with both in-row spacings. Yields per plant also varied with bed arrangement and were 50% greater with one row/1.22-m bed than with two rows/1.22-m bed or three rows/1.83-m bed. Plant populations were double with the two latter arrangements (53,818 plants/ha) than the former (25,909 plant/ha) arrangement with a 0.31-m in-row spacing. Thus, total yields were significantly greater with row arrangements with higher than lower plant populations. With three rows/1.83-m bed, the marketable fruit yields per plant were 19% lower for plants grown on the inside plant row than from plants grown on the outside plant rows. Leaf tissue N concentrations were higher during the season with 224 than with 135 kg N/ha, but yield was not influenced by N rate.
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Claim · model-written summary
Marketable fruit production was similar across the two years.
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e0“Marketable fruit production was similar during the 2 years.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Per-plant yield was 30% greater at 0.31-m than 0.23-m in-row spacing.
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e0“Yields per plant were 30% greater with a 0.31- than a 0.23-m in-row plant spacing.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 0.23-m spacing had 33.3% more plants per hectare.
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e0“33.3% larger number of plants per ha with the latter in-row spacing”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e2“0.31- than a 0.23-m in-row plant spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield per hectare was similar at the two in-row spacings.
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e0“yields per ha were similar with both in-row spacings.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e2“0.31- than a 0.23-m in-row plant spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Per-plant yield was 50% greater with one row per 1.22-m bed than with two rows per 1.22-m or three rows per 1.83-m bed.
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e0“Yields per plant also varied with bed arrangement and were 50% greater with one row/1.22-m bed than with two rows/1.22-m bed or three rows/1.83-m bed.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Two or three row arrangements doubled plant population relative to one row at 0.31-m in-row spacing.
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e0“Plant populations were double with the two latter arrangements (53,818 plants/ha) than the former (25,909 plant/ha) arrangement with a 0.31-m in-row spacing.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total yield was significantly higher in row arrangements with higher plant population.
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e0“total yields were significantly greater with row arrangements with higher than lower plant populations.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Inside-row plants on three-row 1.83-m beds yielded 19% less marketable fruit per plant than outside-row plants.
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e0“With three rows/1.83-m bed, the marketable fruit yields per plant were 19% lower for plants grown on the inside plant row than from plants grown on the outside plant rows.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf nitrogen concentration was higher at 224 than 135 kg N/ha.
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e0“Leaf tissue N concentrations were higher during the season with 224 than with 135 kg N/ha”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen rate did not influence yield.
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e0“yield was not influenced by N rate.”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
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