Swine Wastewater Impact on Elemental Distribution in the Growth of Habanero Pepper Seedlings

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202505.0230.v1
• Publication Date: 2025-05-08T03:26:07Z
• Authors: Carlos D. Hernánd...; Marisela Vega-De ...; Germán Giácoman-V...; Carmen Ponce-Caba...; Carlos Alberto Qu...; Roger Méndez-Novelo; Carlos Juan Alvar...; Emanuel Hernández...

The increasing demand for food has led to rise in both swine and agricultural production. However, pig farming contributes significantly environmental pollution. Swine wastewater is rich nutrients can serve as an alternative source of fertilization plants. This study evaluated the effects on distribution con-centration essential non-essential elements, morphology habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) seedlings. Seedlings were irrigated with varying concentrations wastewater: T1= 20% + 80% water; T2= 40% 60% T3= T4= T5= 100% wastewater; T6= control (100% water conventional fertilization). experiment fol-lowed a completely randomized design five replications. Parameters measured in-cluded seedling emergence, concentration morphological characteristics, quality measured. Emergence percentage rate highest T1 T6. Potassium calcium showed excellent seedlings, under diluted treatments, pro-moting better growth. In contrast, irrigation increased chlorine sulfur accumulation, negatively affecting morphology. Diluted im-proved elemental availability, Thus, using wastewater, particularly at 20%, presents viable production high-quality