Vol. 7 (1) : January-February 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (1) : 127-132 ; January-February, 2016
Effect of spacing and organic manures on plant growth and tuber yield of potato under Kashmir conditions
M.A. GANIEa1, S. NARAYANa2*, F.A. KHANb3, S.H. KHANa4 and S.A. BHATb5
aDivision of Vegetable Sciences; bDivision of Post Harvest Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar - 190 025 (J & K)
Designation : 1Research Scholar, 3,4,5Associate Professor, 2Assoc. Prof. & Major Advisor *(sumatinarayan@gmail.com)
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-3293
Total Pages : 6
Received : 04 February 2015
Revised accepted : 30 December 2015
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Citation :
M.A. GANIE, S. NARAYAN, F.A. KHAN, S.H. KHAN and S.A. BHAT. 2016. Effect of spacing and organic manures on plant growth and tuber yield of potato under Kashmir conditions. Green Farming Vol. 7 (1) : 127-132 ; January-February, 2016
ABSTRACT
An investigation was performed at SKUAST- Kashmir, Shalimar during kharif season 2012 to find out the suitable dose of organic manures and appropriate plant spacing for improved yield and quality of potato. Uniform and healthy seeds of Shalimar Potato-1 was planted in a RBD (Factorial) against five nutrient management (100% recommended dose of nutrients through inorganic fertilizer – N1, 100% recommended dose through vermicompost – N2, 100% recommended dose through FYM – N3, 75% recommended dose through vermicompost – N4 and 75% recommended dose through FYM – N5) and four plant spacing (45 x 15 cm – P1, 45 x 20 cm – P2, 60 x 15 cm – P3 and 60 x 20cm – P4) treatments with three replications. Data revealed that interaction of N1 x P4 produced maximum plant height (70.39cm), fresh weight of shoots (267.09g/plant), dry weight of shoots (32.17g/plant) and LAI (5.74) where as the maximum leaf thickness (SLA 188.68 cm2/g; 187.54 cm2/g) was recorded with N2 and P4 and their combination. N2 x P4 also resulted in higher number of stolon (13.12/plant), fresh weight of tubers (327.40g/plant), number of tubers (8.1/plant) and tuber yield (289.61 q/ha).
Key words :
FYM, Nutrient management, Physiological attributes, Shoot growth, Tuber quality & yield, Vermicompost.
