Six chilli cultivars belonging to three species of Capsicum: Capsicum annuum L. (cvs ‘Meiteimorok’ and ‘Haomorok’), Capsicum !utescens L. (cvs ‘Uchithi’ and ‘Mashingkha’) and Capsicum chinense Jacq. (cvs ‘Umorok’ and ‘Chiengpi’) are economically important food crops. !e capsaicin content and pungency in scoville heat unit (SHU) of these six chilli cultivars were determined by high-performance l...

Abstract The study used 3 x 4 factorial experiment in RCBD. Factor A (variety) V 1 -Django, 2 -Vulcan and -Sinigang. T -control, -100 ml cattle manure tea, chicken dung vermi tea were B (a different tea). results showed that manures had no effect on plant height, leaf length width, fruit length. interactions of both factors also not significantly affected. All the gave similar responses terms s...

Eco-friendly management of fruit rot of chilli was carried out with the objectives to ascertain the causal pathogens associated with the disease and to evaluate resistant sources against the pathogens. The disease samples of chilli fruits collected from different locations revealed that three isolates of Colletotrichum capsici, one isolate each of Fusarium moniliforme. F. pallidoroseum, F. oxys...