Vol. 8 (6) : November-December 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (6) : 1343-1346 ; November-December, 2017
Effect of INM on vegetative growth and yield of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) cv. Mosambi under central dry zone of Karnataka
N.U. POOJAa1*, S.B. SALIMATHa2, B.S. SHIVAKUMARa3, S.M. SUTAGATTIa4 and RUDREGOUDA F.C.b5
aDepartment of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Mudigere - 577 132 University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga (Karnataka)
bKVK, Babbur Farm, Hiriyur - 577 598, Chitradurga (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,4P.G. Student *(poojahorticos@gmail.com), 5Asstt. Professor, 2Asstt. Professor & Technical Officer, 3Professor and Head
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
Paper No. : P-7031
Total Pages : 4
Received : 10 October 2017
Revised accepted : 02 December 2017
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Citation :
N.U. POOJA, S.B. SALIMATH, B.S. SHIVAKUMAR, S.M. SUTAGATTI and RUDREGOUDA F.C. 2017. Effect of INM on vegetative growth and yield of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) cv. Mosambi under central dry zone of Karnataka. Green Farming Vol. 8 (6) : 1343-1346 ; November-December, 2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of integrated nutrient management in sweet orange cv. Mosambi in the farmer's field under central dry zone of Karnataka, India during 2016-17. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design with eight treatments comprising of inorganic, organic manures ('N' equivalent) and bio-fertilizers replicated thrice. The treatment (T8) comprising 75% RDF + poultry manure (12.5 % N equivalent) + vermicompost (12.5 % N equivalent) and Arka Microbial Consortia (T8) resulted the highest fresh and dry leaf weight (0.58, 0.80, 0.90 g and 0.30, 0.53, 0.55 g respectively), leaf area (29.34, 32.49 and 34.20 cm2, respectively) at 30,60 and 90 days, maximum current season shoot length (69.33 cm), shoot girth (2.54 cm), canopy spread (3.38 m N-S, 3.43 m E-W) were also recorded and yield attributes such as maximum fruit weight (179.51 g), number of fruits per plant (347.32), yield per plant (61.98 kg), yield per hectare (17.23 t/ha) were obtained during the experimentation. The present study revealed that integrated application of organic and inorganic with bio-fertilizer enhances the vegetative growth and also produce sustainable yield of sweet orange cv. Mosambi.
Key words :
Arka microbial consortia, Growth & Yield attributes, Integrated nutrient management, Sweet orange.