2026 HORTICULTURA BRASILEIRA 2026 44(卷), null(期), (null页)
Bell peppers are an economically and socially important vegetable, and cultivation technologies aim to reduce production costs and increase yields, which can be achieved through the use of organic fertilization and irrigation. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the production and post-harvest quality of bell pepper fruits using different fertilization sources in Neossol soil. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with five treatments and five replications (T1= 30% (1/2 topsoil + 1/2 bovine manure) and 70% soil; T2= 30% (traditional organic compost) and 70% soil; T3= 30% (organic compost Bokashi) and 70% soil; T4= 30% (Biobokashi granules) and 70% soil; and T5-control, 100% soil and fertirrigation). The following characteristics were evaluated: number of fruits per plant (NF), fresh fruit mass (FFM), longitudinal fruit length (LFL), transverse diameter (TD), fruit yield (Y), total soluble solids content (SS), vitamin C (Vit. C), titratable acidity (TA), and ratio (SS/TA). The mean results were subjected to normality and homogeneity of variance tests, and analysis of variance. Using the F-test, the treatment means were compared using Tukey's test (p <= 0.05). Treatments T1, T2, and T4 provided higher values for FFM, LFL, TD, and Y. There was no statistical difference between treatments for the variables SS, TA, and Ratio. The highest vitamin C content occurred in T5 and T1, with no statistical difference between them. It is concluded that treatments T1 and T2 had higher fruit production. Post-harvest quality, regarding vitamin C content, stood out in treatments T5 and T1. The mixture of bovine manure with soil and topsoil (T1), as well as the traditional organic compost (T2) and bokashi (T3), showed viability in terms of production and post-harvest quality compared to T5 (fertigation).