Hydroponic cultivation and biological protection of pepper (Capsicum annum L.)

Abstract

The advantage of production technology provides an opportunity of applying different methods of plant protection such as biological control of pests and diseases. This especially refers to hydroponics, because this production technology is mainly indoor production where the use of biological control is possible. The hydroponic technology advantages are known in relation to pepper cultivation in the soil in protected areas, and these are: high yields, good fruit quality and continuous harvesting throughout the year. In our investigation we used several bio-control systems for pests and diseases. At the end of the experiment, it was concluded that bio-control can substitute traditional protection with pesticides for several reasons: highly effective, consumers' and producers' health preserving, easy to apply and environment friendly.