Use of Fertigation and Municipal Solid Waste Compost for Greenhouse Pepper Cultivation
Table 4
Effects of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) into soil (S) with or without fertigation on total soluble solids (TSS: °Brix), titratable acidity (TA: (% citric acid), sweetness (TSS/TA), Ph, EC (mS/cm), and total phenols (gallic acid equivalent: GAE/100 g fwt)) in greenhouse pepper crop.
TSS
TA
TSS/TA
pH
EC
Total phenols
No fertilizer
S : MSWC (100 : 0)
3.26 aY
4.68 ab
0.79 ab
5.30 c
1.78 ab
296.91 a
S : MSWC (95 : 5)
2.76 a
3.93 b
0.69 b
5.52 b
1.87 ab
176.56 b
S : MSWC (90 : 10)
3.36 a
5.41 a
0.61 b
5.85 a
1.25 b
159.03 b
S : MSWC (80 : 20)
2.53 a
4.04 b
0.64 b
5.39 bc
2.47 a
221.73 b
S : MSWC (60 : 40)
3.20 a
3.04 c
1.04 a
5.41 bc
1.77 ab
176.76 b
With fertilizer
S : MSWC (100 : 0)
3.20 ab
3.09 c
1.13 a
5.30 c
1.48 a
184.57 a
S : MSWC (95 : 5)
3.40 a
3.58 bc
0.95 a
5.93 b
1.57 a
125.94 c
S : MSWC (90 : 10)
3.43 a
3.53 b
0.54 b
6.31 a
1.88 a
140.06 bc
S : MSWC (80 : 20)
3.36 a
3.10 a
1.23 a
5.30 b
1.29 a
162.79 b
S : MSWC (60 : 40)
2.73 b
3.82 bc
0.70 b
5.75 b
1.33 a
155.82 b
YValues () in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different. .
