RESPONSE OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS OF BER (ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA L.) CV. APPLE BER

Author (s) : P.KAVITHA, U.S AKSHAYA

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Abstract :
The present experiment entitled “Response of Integrated Nutrient Management on quantitative and qualitative parameters of Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) cv. Apple Ber” was conducted at Dry land Horticulture Farm, Sirsod, College of Agriculture, Gwalior (M.P.). The data was collected on morphological Parameters viz. plant height (m.), leaf length (cm.), canopy spread • North-South • East-West, shoot diameter at 30, 60, 90 days (mm.), shoot length at 30, 60, 90 days (cm.), number of leaves per shoot at 30, 60, 90 days, number of primary and secondary branches on selected shoot. The maximum vegetative growth of plant in terms of plant height (2.17 m), leaf length (4.25 cm), canopy spread (N-S) 4.95 m were recorded under T1 (100 % RDF + Azotobactor @5 ml/ plant). The treatment T5 (75% RDF + Azotobactor @5ml/plant + Vermicompost @10 kg/plant) performed the best in most of the cases. The maximum number of branches (25.00) and shoot diameter was recorded 106.25, 139.18 and 150.64 mm at 30, 60 and 90 days respectively. The maximum yield (49.19 kg), fruit weight (82.20g), fruit volume (85.93 cm3 ) , specific gravity of 0.84, T.S.S. 9.53 0 Brix and acidity (0.24%) were recorded under T5 (75% RDF + Azotobactor @5ml/plant + Vermicompost @10 kg/plant). The highest B: C ratio (4.87) was recorded with treatment T6 (75% RDF + PSB @5ml/ plant).

Keywords : Azotobacter, FYM, NPK, PSB and Vermicompost.

Conference Date : 13/11/2020

Pages : 246

Paper ID : 20246