Response of capsicum to application of sheep manure

Abstract

A field trial was conducted from January to May 1995 at Ginitoka village near Goroka in the Eastern Highlands to evluate capsicum (Capsicum annuum) response to application of sheep manure. The treatments included four rates of sheep manure (0, 5, 10 and 15 tonnes/ha) and two NPK inorganic fertilizer applied at the normal recommended rate (1 tonne/ha) and one and a half times the recommended rate (1.5 tonne/ha) of application.