Effect of different dose of fertilizer application on growth parameter of chilli and uptake and micronutrient concentration after harvest of the crop

Field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2011 on a farmer’s field in Koliwad (Hubli Taluk) village in northern transitional zone of Karnataka between 1521' N latitude and 7524' E longitude and at an altitude of 629 m above mean sea level (MSL). In the soil test crop response dose of 216:116:166 N:P 2 O5:K 2 O kg ha, recorded significantly higher plant height (95.4cm) over remaining treatments. This was at par with treatments T 5 (93.5 cm) and lowest plant height (85.8 cm) was recorded in RDF (T 1 ) at harvest. T 2 (STCR) registered highest number of branches (30.2), which was significantly superior over remaining all the treatments. The application of STCR dose of N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O (T 2 ) recorded higher dry matter production (120.7 g) which was significantly superior over RDF (T 1 ), STL (T 3 ) and modified RDF 1 (T 4 ). The concentration of N, P and K were higher in the treatment T 2 (STCR dose N, P 2 O 5 and K 2 O) as compared to rest of the treatments. There was significant difference among treatments with respect to zinc concentration in plant as the soil was deficient in zinc.