Table of contents
TITLE PAGE
CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: HIGH QUALITY SEEDS
Seed Quality
Seed Selection
Purchasing of Seeds
CHAPTER 3: NURSERIES
Nursery Establishment
Nursery site selection
Constructing an insect-proof nursery
Nursery Management
Seedling trays
Potting soil
Soil sterilization
Sowing of seeds
Applying fertilizer to seedlings
Preparing seedlings for Transplanting 6
CHAPTER 4: FIELD SITE SELECTION AND
LAND PREPARATION
Field selection
Land preparation
CHAPTER 5: TRANSPLANTING
Transplanting the seedlings
Selection of seedlings
How to transplant
Spacing
CHAPTER 6: FERTILIZER APPLICATION
CHAPTER 7: IRRIGATION
Growing Scotch Bonnet pepper in Jamaica
CHAPTER 8: WEED CONTROL
CHAPTER 9: PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Pest and diseases affecting Scotch Bonnet pepper
Pest and control methods
Aphids
Broad mite
Gall midge
Cricket
Cucumber beetle
Pepper hornworm
Pepper budworm
Natural enemies
Diseases and control methods
Viruses (TEV and PVY)
Fusarium wilt
Southern blight or Sclerotium wilt
Anthracnose
Bacterial spot
Cercospora leaf spot (frogeye)
CHAPTER 10: HARVESTING AND POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT
Yield
Signs of fruit maturity
How to harvest
Fruit handling
Sorting and grading
APPENDIX 1: LIST OF WEEDS AND CONTROL METHODS
APPENDIX 2: LIST OF PESTS AND DISEASES AND CONTROL METHODS
APPENDIX 3: COST OF PRODUCTION MODEL FOR FOR 1 HECTARE SCOTCH BONNET PEPPER USING DRIP IRRIGATION
New entrant
Existing farmer
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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