IN VIVO PERFORMANCE AND NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF IN VITRO PROPAGATED PEPPER (Capsicum annuum) PLANTS. | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 23, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2002, Pages 7637-7647 PDF (11.72 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2002.257081 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. A. Hassan,; M. W. Mohammed | ||
| Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal Univ., Ismallla, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Comparative analysis for the perfonnance of "Red Chilli" pepper plants propagated by tissue culture (TC) and by seeds (8T) was conducted under greenhouse condition. The results indicated that Te propagated plants had a significant effect on stem length and diameter and flowered significantly ea~ier than 8T propagated plants. Average fruit number and fruit yield per plant did not significantly differ in response to propagation method. Fresh and dry weight, and nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus contents of vegetative growth were signifICantly higher in TC plants. Dry weight of fruits and their contents of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus were also higher in Te plants. Biochemical analysis showed a significant increase in percentage total sugars of Te-produced plants compared with 8T -derived plants, however, 5T-plants contained significantly more carotenoids than Te-plants. Fruits of Te-plants were significantly higher in their total and reducing sugars than ST- raised plants. | ||
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