Paprika (Capsicum annum var. longum)
Solanaceae

Varieties
Arka Abir, Kt-Pl-18, Kt-Pl-19

Arka abhir	Paprika plant

Local type
Warangal chilli, Byadagi Kaddi

Soil
Well-drained sandy loam or clay saline free soil is preferable. It can be grown on any fertile well-drained soil suitable for chillies cultivation with pH 6 - 7

Season of sowing
June - July.

Seed rate
600 g/ha.

Spacing
Hills: 45x 45 cm
Plains: 60 x 45 cm

Nursery
Prepare 10 - 12 beds of 7 m long 1.2 m wide and 15 cm height .
Apply 15 - 20 kg well decomposed compost and 500 g of 15:15:15 NPK complex fertilizer to each bed 15 to 20 days before sowing.
Sow the seeds in rows 10 cm apart at 0.5 cm deep.

Transplanting
35 – 40 days old seedlings are ready for transplanting.
Healthy seedlings may be transplanted at a spacing of 45 cm apart.

Application of fertilizers
Apply FYM 20 - 25 tonnes / ha, 60, 100 and 60 kg NPK / ha as basal, 20 kg N and 20 kg K three weeks after transplanting and 40 kg N and 40 kg K / ha six weeks after transplanting as top dressing.

Diseases

Anthracnose
Seed treatment with carbendazim (2 g / kg seed) and spray with mancozeb 2 g/lit.
Spray Mancozeb 2 g/l.

Fruit rot
Spray Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/l.

Powdery mildew
Spray Wettable sulphur @ 0.3%.

Yield
25 - 35 t/ha