Water Consumption, Growth, Yield and Water Productivity for Pepper Plant

Abstract

Irrigation is a costly activity, where the amount of water should be given as much as required. Pepper plant is a horticulture plant that literally needs water, and one of methods could be used the field capacity (FC) water content method as set point to watering pepper plant. The study aimed to determine peppers’ water consumption, to describe pepper growth and yield, and lastly to determine pepper’ water productivity. The result of the study showed that the pepper water consumption rate for FC, 75% FC, and 50% FC were 151 ml/day; 117 ml/day, and 93.4 ml/day, respectively. Secondly, plant height in FC was higher than the others treatment, the average of yield were 52.49 g, 42.35 g, and 29.23 g, respectively. Lastly, water productivity were 0.054 g/ml, 0.042 g/ml, and 0.008 g/ml, respectively. The conclusion of the study were pepper water consumption for FC higher than the others, however water productivity for FC and 75%FC were closely, furthermore, 50%FC not recommended to be implemented for pepper cultivation.