Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Response of papaya to split application of inorganic nutirents at various stages of growth
Author(s): Auxcilia Jone, PK Ray, K Soorianathasundaram, Prakash Patil, Arun Tiwari and KB Sujatha
Abstract: Experiments were conducted to standardize the inorganic nutrient requirement in split doses at various stages of crop growth for papaya varieties viz., TNAU Papaya CO.8 at Coimbatore centre and Pusa Dwarf at Pusa and Ranchi centres under ICAR- AICRP (Fruits) programme. Out of 13 treatments imposed, L1T1 which received 100% of Recommended Dose of Fertilizers (RDF) split as 50:50:25 per cent from transplanting to flower emergence, 25:25:25 per cent from flowering to first harvest and 25:25:50 from first harvest to end of first cropping period recorded better growth attributes and higher fruit yield at Pusa and Ranchi centres. However, at Coimbatore centre the control (recommended practice) comprising of application of 100% of recommended dose of NPK (300:300:300 g NPK/plant/first crop) split at 50:50:50 g at bimonthly interval starting from 3rd month after planting was found to be the best with the highest fruit yield of 91.21 kg/tree/year. Treatments had significant influence on growth parameters such as plant height, stem girth, number of leaves, first bearing height and number of fruits also. TSS of the fruit was not significantly influenced by the treatments in all the centres. The high BCR was obtained with control in Coimbatore (5.18) while in L1T1 at Pusa (3.18) and Ranchi (3.03).
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Auxcilia Jone, PK Ray, K Soorianathasundaram, Prakash Patil, Arun Tiwari, KB Sujatha. Response of papaya to split application of inorganic nutirents at various stages of growth. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):35-39.
