Effect of combined application of nutrients on fruit quality ofsapota (Acharas zapota) cv. Kalipatti

HEM RAJ  MEENA; RAM AVATAR  KAUSHIK; CHAITHRA T S; MEENAKSHI MEENA; SOMASUNDARAM  J; KALA  S; GULSHAN SHARMA; ASHOK  KUMAR; SHAKIR ALI; GOPAL LAL  MEENA; KULDEEP KUMAR; OM PRAKASH MEENA

doi:10.56093/ijas.v96i5.166854

Authors

HEM RAJ MEENA ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
RAM AVATAR KAUSHIK Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313 001, India
CHAITHRA T S ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
MEENAKSHI MEENA Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313 001, India
SOMASUNDARAM J ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
KALA S ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
GULSHAN SHARMA ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
ASHOK KUMAR ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
SHAKIR ALI ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
GOPAL LAL MEENA ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
KULDEEP KUMAR ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India
OM PRAKASH MEENA ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v96i5.166854

Keywords:

Biochemical parameters, Biofertilisers, Organic matter, Organoleptic acceptance, Soil health

Abstract

Indiscriminate use of inorganic fertilisers is a threat to environment coupled with adverse effects on quality of produce and soil health. Integrated nutrient management (INM) can fulfill the nutrients need of the sapota (Acharas zapota L.) plants for qualitative and quantitative produce and reduce the need of chemical fertilisers. The current study was performed to appraise the impact of chemical, organic and biological fertilisers on quality production of sapota at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Kota, Rajasthan during 2020–21 and 2021–22. The study included 17 different treatment combinations, including farm yard manure (FYM), vermicompost, recommended dose of fertilisers (RDF) and biofertilisers. The findings of conducted field trial reported that integration of RDF 75% + VC 10 kg + AZS 250 g + AZB 250 g/plant recorded higher fruit diameter (5.67 cm), length of fruit (6.20 cm) and weight of fruit (100.17 g). Beside this, higher fruit firmness (4.96 kg/cm2) and pulp:seed ratio (93.09) were recorded in the same treatment. Although, biochemical parameters for instance total soluble solids (20.05°B), ascorbic acid (11.86 mg/100 g pulp), TSS:acid ratio (121.29) and reducing sugar (5.11%) were recorded in treatment having RDF 75% + FYM 50 kg + AZS 250 g + AZB 250 g/plant. The impact demonstrated that applying two-thirds of the recommended quantity of inorganic fertilisers i.e. 1000 g, 500 g and 500 g NPK/plant in sapota cv. Kalipatti enhanced total soluble solids (TSS) content (9.68%) and fruit weight (13.72 %) over the control.

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