Abstract
Expected climatic changes likely elicit serious challenges for crop production. Therefore, it is indispensable to investigate the response of crop growth parameters and yield under temperature variability environments. The current experiment on chilli pepper growth was conducted in a field, rain-shelter plastic house, and plastic greenhouse, with accumulated temperatures of 2832 °C, 2967 °C, and 3105 °C in 2017; and 2944 °C, 3091 °C, and 3168 °C in 2018 growing seasons. Based on soil analysis, 132.7 kg ha−1 (1× of livestock manure compost as an optimum and 265.4 kg ha−1 (2×) as a double amount of organic matter were applied to each simulated temperature condition. The results showed that organic manure application favorably affects the growth attributes and nutrient uptake of chilli pepper with the highest values found in the plastic greenhouse, followed by the rain-shelter house, over the open field cultivation condition. The highest growth of chilli pepper was at the 2× rate of organic manure application, whereas the highest yield was found at the 1× rate of organic manure application. The application of organic manure at the 1× rate in the greenhouse increased root, shoot, and fruit dry weights of chilli pepper by 21.4%, 52.4%, and 79.7%, respectively, compared to the control values. These results indicate that the rational use of organic amendments might be the best solution for chilli pepper production under variable climate conditions.
Highlights
Global warming poses a great threat to crop production all around the world
The application of organic manure had a significant positive effect on plant growth parameters such as plant height, length of internode, number of fruit branches, and stem diameter, and the effect was more pronounced under elevated temperature conditions (Tables 2 and 3)
Compared to the field condition plant growth parameters such as plant height, stem diameter, dry weight of shoot and root, and number of fruit branches tended to be significantly higher under the greenhouse followed by rain-shelter house conditions
Summary
Global warming poses a great threat to crop production all around the world. The increase in atmospheric temperature in response to global climate change might have serious consequences for crop production and be dangerous for food security [1]. Climate change will be responsible for increase in temperature and precipitation up to 1.0–5.0 ◦ C and 9–11%, respectively, depending on regions by the end of this century [3]. This will very likely bring a negative impact to crop production [4,5]
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