An adequate nitrogen fertilizing management throughout a crop cycle of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is problematical for lack of an index of available soil N and because the chemical leaf analysis, on the other hand, is a slow diagnosis method. The experiment was conducted in a plastic tunnel of the Dept. of Natural Resources/Soil Science, of FCA/UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo State, in pots, with the objective to assess the nitrogen sufficiency index (NSI). Calculations consisted in chlorophyll meter readings […]