Abstract: To provide theoretical basis for the application of pine needle organic fertilizer in pepper production and chemical fertilizer reduction and efficiency increase, the effect of pine needle organic fertilizer combining with reducing chemical fertilizer on pepper growth and soil fertility was studied. There were 5 treatments, such as no fertilization (CK), conventional fertilization (FP), 20% reduction of chemical fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer (OP1), 50% reduction of chemical fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer (OP2), 80% reduction of chemical fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer (OP3). The results showed that the reduction of chemical fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer could also achieve the promotion effect of conventional fertilization on pepper growth. Compared with CK treatment, FP and OP1 treatments could significantly promote the growth of pepper, increase the plant height, stem diameter and biomass of pepper, and there was no significant difference between FP treatment and OP1 treatment. Compared with FP treatment, the fruit number per plant, fruit weight per plant, fruit length and fruit thickness of OP1 treatment increased by 11.01%, 10.11%, 1.26% and 1.05%, respectively. Compared with CK treatment, FP, OP1, OP2 and OP3 significantly increased pepper yield by 69.54%, 86.76%, 42.62% and 23.85%, respectively. Compared with CK treatment, the phosphorus content of FP, OP1, OP2 and OP3 treatments increased significantly by 58.63%, 59.44%, 25.70% and 9.24%, and the potassium content significantly increased by 63.75%, 82.72%, 39.28% and 20.93%, respectively. The content of soil available nitrogen in OP1 treatment was the highest (102.33 mg/kg), which was significantly increased by 9.16% compared with FP treatment. The content of available phoshorus in soil under conventional fertilization treatment was the highest, but there was no significant difference between the two treatments. In conclusion, 20% reduction of chemical fertilizer combined with pine needle organic fertilizer had significant effect on promoting pepper growth, increasing yield and efficiency, improving fertilizer utilization rate and soil fertility. |