KUMARA SWAMY, S.SRINIVASKUMAR, K.2018-07-172018-07-172017http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810060582Protectedcultivationofvegetablessuffersfrom sustainableyieldsdueto lackof optimized fertigation levels in semiarid tropics in general and Southern Telangana in particular. In the present study, an experiment was carried out to assess the effect of microclimateontheperformanceofcapsicum(Capsicumammm var.grossumL.)under differentgrowingenvironments and fertigationlevelsatHorticulturegarden, Collegeof Agriculture,Rajendranagar,Hyderabadduring Rabi,2017. Theexperimentwascarried outinthreesubexperimentsofpolyhouse,shadenethouseandopenfieldconditionwith randomizedblockdesignconsistingoffourtreatmentsreplicatedthricetokeeptheerror degreeoffreedominlimits.Theexperimentalsoilissandyclayloamwithlowavailable nitrogenandhighavailablephosphorousandpotassium,respectively.Treatmentsimposed inallthethreegrowingenvironmentsare100%RDF(T1), 125%RDF(T2), 150%RDF (T3)byfertigationand_100%RDF(T4) by soil application. Acommondoseof60kgP205 ha‘lwasappliedasacommonbasaldosetoallthetreatments.Incaseofsoilapplication treatment (T4), nitrogen was applied in three equal splits at 30, 60 and 90 days after planting,followedbypotassiuminthreesplits@30,25and25kgK20ha",respectively.ennullTechnical Report