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EFFECT OF FYM, B AND Zn ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF WATERMELON [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] CV. SUGAR BABY

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Title EFFECT OF FYM, B AND Zn ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF WATERMELON [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] CV. SUGAR BABY
 
Creator PATEL, CHIRAGKUMAR R.
 
Contributor PATEL, N.L.
 
Subject dna, vegetables, topping, diseases, aba, physical control, planting, tca, plant extracts, livestock
 
Description The present investigation entitled “Effect of FYM, B and Zn
on growth, yield and quality of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)
Matsum. & Nakai] cv. Sugar Baby” was conducted at two locations,
Kharoli and Dolvan on the watermelon growing farmer’s fields in
summer of the year 2006.
The experiment comprised eighteen treatment combinations
laid out in randomized block design with factorial concept. The
treatments included basal application of two levels of organic matter (O0
and O1 @ 0 and 3kg FYM per plant, respectively), three levels of borax
(B0, B1 and B2 @ 0, 2 and 4g borax per plant, respectively) and three
levels of zinc sulphate (Zn0, Zn1 and Zn2 @ 0, 5 and 10g zinc sulphate per
plant, respectively). The treatments were replicated thrice. The effect of
these treatments and their interactions on different parameters of growth,
yield, quality, nutritional status of leaves and soil and physiological
disorders of fruits were studied.
Results revealed that the plants which received basal dose of
3kg FYM, 4g borax or 5g zinc sulphate per plant in association with RDF
(150:50:50 NPK kg/ha) initiated the female flower early, recorded lower
sex ratio, produced higher number of leaves and leaf area at the stage of
first female flower initiation.
The leaves accumulated higher concentration of nitrogen,
iron and manganese due to the application of FYM. The application of 4g
borax per plant resulted in higher concentration of nitrogen and boron in
leaves while the concentration of nitrogen and zinc increased
considerably due to 5g zinc sulphate per plant. Number of primary
branches per vine and length of main axis were also increased due to 3kg
FYM, 4g borax or 5g zinc sulphate per plant. The plants under these
treatments produced heavier fruits which resulted in higher yield of fruits
per vine. The treatment of FYM, borax and zinc sulphate also reduced the
percentage of fruit cracking and fruit deformation. The physical fruit
quality parameters in terms of fruit girth, length, diameter, pulp:skin ratio
and edible portion of fruit were also found superior due to application of
FYM, borax and zinc sulphate. These treatments also improved quality in
respect of total and reducing sugars, TSS and ascorbic acid in the fruits
which scored higher organoleptic rating. The number of seeds was
increased due to these treatments while the weight of 100 seeds remained
unchanged. The boron and zinc concentration in fruit rind was also found
to be increased due to the application of borax and zinc sulphate.
The fertility of experimental field was also improved where
the addition of FYM resulted in higher availability of nitrogen,
phosphorus, potash, boron and zinc in soil after harvest while higher
availability of boron and zinc in soil after harvest was observed due to the
treatment of borax and zinc sulphate per plant, respectively.
From the economics point of view, addition of FYM 15 t/ha
(O1), borax 20 kg/ha (B2) and zinc sulphate 25 kg/ha (Zn1) resulted in
higher net income and cost:benefit ratio.
 
Date 2016-03-09T08:57:54Z
2016-03-09T08:57:54Z
2008-05
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/64962
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari