Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Effect of soil application of potassium and foliar spray of zinc and boron on total nutrient content of leaves and yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)] in Lateritic soils of Konkan
Author(s): JB Kadu, RV Dhopavkar, PB Tapkeer and MC Kasture
Abstract: The experiment was conducted in the lateritic soil of Konkan region to study the “Effect of soil application of potassium and foliar spray of zinc and boron on total nutrient content of leaves and yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb)]. The field experiment was comprised sixteen treatments and three replications. For statistical analysis of data factorial randomized block design was used. The treatments included basal application of FYM @15 t ha-1, nitrogen @ 150 kg ha-1 and phosphorus @ 50 kg ha-1 with different levels of potassium i.e. K0, K1, K2 and K3 @ 0, 25, 50 and 75 kg ha-1, respectively and foliar application of micronutrients i.e. M0, M1, M2, M3 @ 0, 0.5% Zn, 0.1 % B and 0.5% Zn + 0.1 % B at flowering stage, respectively. Result showed that the application of 75 kg K2O ha-1 through soil along with 0.5% Zn and 0.1% B through foliar application found effective to increased total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and boron content in leaves at 30 DAS, 60 DAS and at harvesting stage and yield of watermelon in an lateritic soils of Konkan.
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JB Kadu, RV Dhopavkar, PB Tapkeer, MC Kasture. Effect of soil application of potassium and foliar spray of zinc and boron on total nutrient content of leaves and yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)] in Lateritic soils of Konkan. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):1742-1747.
