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Effect of Salinity on the South Indian field crops:germination and Early vigour of chillies(Capsicum annum,Linn.)

Volume : 57
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 231 - 233
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Abstract


Chilli is cultivated under irrigated and rainfed conditions and also in tracts having considerable salinity.The present study aims at assessment of the performance of different varieties under saline conditions.Three varieties of chillies (Capsicum annum)viz.K1, B24-A2 and 618-14 were seleted for the study.The seeds were sown in pots containing 2.5kg of soil. The soil selected was a red loam having a pH of 7.6 and EC of 0.2 mhos per cm at 25*C.

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231 - 233
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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