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Azotobacter improves shelf-life of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

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Title Azotobacter improves shelf-life of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
 
Creator CHAURASIA, C N S
DE, NIRMAL
SINGH, K P
KALLOO, G
 
Subject Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, Biofertilizer, Shelf-life, Quality, Yield
 
Description A study was conducted during 1996--99 at Varanasi to characterize visual shelf-life of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller nom. cons.) under ambient condition as influenced by genotypic variation and on-farm biofertilizer treatment. Soil application of Azotobacter @ 15 kg/ha coupled with N, P and K@ 150,60 and 80 kglha: influenced the pericarp thickness, shelf-life and yield positively in 8 tomato hybrids (,BSS 99', 'ARTH 128', 'Gotya', 'ARTH 16', 'SC 2','SC 28','Himlata' and' ARTH 4') in Inceptisol. Soil application of Azotobacter enhanced the shelf-life of tomato by 3-5 days when harvested at breaker stage. The soil application + seedling inoculation with Azotobacter before transplanting significantly prolonged the shelf-life of tomato at least for 2 days, depending on variety than by alone soil application, The combined application of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and Azotobacter was not as effective in enhancing the shelf-life of tomato as the alone application of Azotobacter. Total soluble solid (%) was significantly improved under the influence of Azotobacter, while phosphate-solubilizing bacteria did not influence significantly. Yield and quality in terms of shelf-life, pericarp thickness and total soluble solid (%) were found better in hybrid 'BSS 99' compared with the 7 other tested hybrids.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2014-05-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/40510
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 71, No 12 (2001)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/40510/18150
 
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