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Table 7 Effect of compost tea, dry yeast and their mixture (a) on vegetative characteristics of sweet pepper during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. (b) On sweet pepper vegetative characteristics during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020

From: Response of sweet pepper plants to foliar application of compost tea and dry yeast under soilless conditions

Treatments

Plant length (cm)

Number of branches/plants

Number of leaves/plants

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

Control

54.67f

58.33g

4.33g

5.00f

151.67f

150.67f

CT 10 L./fed

60.00e

61.33fg

5.67f

6.67e

156.67e

156.00e

CT 20L./fed

64.00 cd

67.00e

7.00de

7.67d

160.33d

159.33de

DY 3 g/L

62.33de

64.67ef

6.33ef

6.37e

157.00e

157.33e

DY 6 g/L

65.00cd

68.33de

7.33d

8.72c

162.33cd

163.00cd

CT 10L./fed. + DY 3 g/L

67.33bc

71.00cd

8.67c

8.83c

162.67cd

165.67bc

CT 10L./fed. + DY 6 g/L

70.00ab

73.33bc

9.00bc

9.02c

165.00bc

169.00b

CT 20L./fed. + DY 3 g/L

69.67ab

75.00b

9.67b

10.00b

166.67b

170.33b

CT 20 L./fed. + DY 6 g/L

72.33a

80.67a

11.67a

11.33a

182.00a

183.67a

Treatments

Leaf area (cm2)

Leaves fresh weight (g/plant)

Leaves dry matter (%)

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

1st Season

2nd Season

Control

129.73g

131.87e

351.10f

371.00g

13.83f

15.33f

CT 10 L./fed

132.98fg

133.95de

487.40e

543.00f

16.33e

17.83e

CT 20L./fed

138.25de

135.84de

700.80c

648.00e

18.17d

19.67de

DY 3 g/L

135.39ef

134.19de

539.25d

569.83f

17.17de

18.67c

DY 6 g/L

139.59d

137.60d

717.19c

666.50de

19.33c

20.83c

CT 10L./fed. + DY 3 g/L

144.83c

142.84c

882.68b

714.50d

20.17c

21.67c

CT 10L./fed. + DY 6 g/L

147.33c

147.24c

965.27a

848.00c

20.33c

21.83c

CT 20L./fed. + DY 3 g/L

155.44b

158.09b

980.27a

920.17b

23.00b

24.50b

CT 20 L./fed. + DY 6 g/L

172.47a

184.07a

998.90a

1004.67a

24.67a

26.17a

  1. *Values followed by the same letter (s) are not significantly different at 5%