title: Influence of agricultural practices on fruit quality of bell pepper.
abstract: An experiment was carried out under plastic house conditions to compare the effect of four fermented organic matter sources (cattle, poultry and sheep manure in addition to 1:1:1 mixture of the three organic matter sources) in which 4 kg organic matter m(-2) were used, with that of the conventional agriculture (chemical fertilizers) treatments on Marvello red pepper fruit quality, by using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replicates. Pepper fruits characteristics cultivated in soil supplemented with manure were generally better than those from plants grown in soil only. Addition of animal manure increased bell pepper fruit content of soluble solids, ascorbic acid, total phenols, crude fibre and intensity of red color as compare with conventional agriculture that produced fruits with higher titratable acidity, water content, lycopene and bigger fruit size. In most cases of animal manure treatments, best results were obtained by the sheep manure treatment that produced the highest TSS, while the worst results were obtained by the poultry manure treatment that produced the smallest fruit and lowest fruit lycopene content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Production and Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Al-Balqa' Applied University, As-Salt, 19117, Jordan.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Abu-Zahra
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000032:analysis; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D002212:Capsicum / Q000254:growth & development*; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D003116:Color; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000032:analysis; D005308:Fertilizers; D005638:Fruit / Q000254:growth & development*; D000077276:Lycopene; D008372:Manure; D019800:Phenol / Q000032:analysis; D011200:Poultry; D011786:Quality Control; D012756:Sheep; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005308:Fertilizers; D008372:Manure; D012987:Soil; D019800:Phenol; D002338:Carotenoids; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D000077276:Lycopene