With the objective of evaluating bell pepper fertilized with cattle manure with and without biofertilizer, an experiment was carried out from January to June 2004, in Quarts Psamment at UFPB, Areia, PB, Brazil. The experimental design was randomized block, with three replications in sub-divided plots. The plot was constituted by 32 and the sub-plot by 16 plants, spaced at 1.00 x 0.50 m. In the plots, six levels of cattle manure (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 t ha-1) were appraised, while in the sub-plots the forms of application of the biofertilizer (with and without application of biofertilizer in the soil and spraying on the leaves) and an additional treatment with mineral and organic fertilizer. In the absence of biofertilizer, 28 t ha-l estimated level of cattle manure was responsible for maximum yield of fruits per plant (389 g) and for commercial fruits (7.8 t ha-l), while biofertilizer used in spray application, the levels of 14.5 and 14.0 t ha-l of cattle manure, respectively, promoted maximum production of fruits per plant of 485 g and maximum productivity of commercial fruits of 9.6 t ha-1. The biofertilizer presence into the soil, promoted mean production of 410 g of fruits per plant and productivity of 8.3 t ha-1 of commercial fruits, in function of cattle manure. The combination cattle manure and biofertilizer in the leaves was the best organic fertilization form in the bell pepper, with additional of 1.8 and 1.3 t ha-1 in the productivity of commercial fruits, comparing with those obtained with cattle manure and biofetilizer used in the soil, respectively. There is no significance difference among organic treatments and conventional fertilization in the bell pepper productivity.
Capsicum annuum; organic fertilizer; yield
