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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Volume 15, No. 06, Month NOVEMBER, Year 2019, Pages 879 - 890


Superiority test of mixed-cropping models for chili pepper hybrid varieties through participatory plant breeding

Ganefianti, D. W., Arianti, N. N., Sutrawati, M., Saputra, H. E., Fahrurrozi, F. and Herawatu, R.


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Mixed cropping system is reported to increase chili pepper productivity by suppressing insect and pathogen developments. Participatory plant breeding might produce desired variety and combination of hybrid varieties. The superior model for mixed cropping for chili pepper variety, insect and disease resistances is designed as preferred by consumers. Results showed that the best mixed cropping for chili pepper hybrids was UNIB CH13 and Dwiguna UNIB. This combination produced total fruit weight of 300.12 g per-plant, longest fruit length of 13.66 cm, fruit stalk of 5.43 cm, canopy area of 3172.53 cm2, biggest stem diameter of 11.79 mm and highest fruit weight of 5117.22 g per-plot. Mixed cropping of UNIB CH13 and Dwiguna UNIB had the lowest disease incidence caused by Cercospora sp. Infested by Colletotrichum, Fusarium and Begomovirus on chili peppers plants were not significantly different. Although growers prefered to select monocropping of UNIB CH13 and Dwiguna UNIB, but growers chose the combination of UNIB CH13 and Dwiguna UNIB for fruit shape and homogeneity.


Keywords

mixed cropping, chili pepper hybrid, participatory plant breeding



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