Screening of local and exotic germplasms of chilli (Capsicum annum) for drought tolerance

Authors

  • Kinza Khan Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Crop & Food Sciences, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Najma Yousaf Zahid Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Crop & Food Sciences, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Abdul Ahad Qureshi Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Crop & Food Sciences, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Khalid Mehmood 2Department ofZoology & Biology, Faculty of Sciences, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Keywords:

Chilli, Drought stress, Germplasm, Screening, Tatapuri

Abstract

Drought is one of the major threats of the arid region of Pakistan. Drought stress affects the yield of chilli with up to 50% reduction. In view of this problem, a study was conducted to explore the drought resistance of a local variety Tatapuri (V1) and an exotic variety Bonanza (V2). Pot experiment was conducted with three treatments T0 control (well-watered), T1 (75 % stress), T2 (50 % stress)
and T3 (25 % stress) at vegetative and reproductive stages by three replications.

Downloads

Published

2023-06-01

How to Cite

Khan, K., Zahid, N. Y., Qureshi, A. A., & Mehmood, K. (2023). Screening of local and exotic germplasms of chilli (Capsicum annum) for drought tolerance. Journal of Pure and Applied Agriculture, 5(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.aiou.edu.pk/index.php/jpaa/article/view/1084

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Pure and Applied Agriculture

Section

Articles

License

All articles published by JPAA are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited as specified by the Creative Commons Attribution License.