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Integrated Nutrient Management for Bottle Gourd

The document summarizes a study on the effect of integrated nutrient management on the growth and yield of bottle gourd. Thirteen treatment combinations involving different organic nutrients like farmyard manure, poultry manure, and coir pith compost were tested. Various plant growth attributes, physiological attributes, flowering attributes, and yield attributes were recorded. The results showed that the treatment combining farmyard manure, recommended inorganic fertilizers, and vermiwash foliar spray produced the highest fruit yield of 31.64 t/ha. This treatment was most effective due to reduced production costs and improved soil properties. It is recommended for bottle gourd cultivation under integrated nutrient management.

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Integrated Nutrient Management for Bottle Gourd

The document summarizes a study on the effect of integrated nutrient management on the growth and yield of bottle gourd. Thirteen treatment combinations involving different organic nutrients like farmyard manure, poultry manure, and coir pith compost were tested. Various plant growth attributes, physiological attributes, flowering attributes, and yield attributes were recorded. The results showed that the treatment combining farmyard manure, recommended inorganic fertilizers, and vermiwash foliar spray produced the highest fruit yield of 31.64 t/ha. This treatment was most effective due to reduced production costs and improved soil properties. It is recommended for bottle gourd cultivation under integrated nutrient management.

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ABSTRACT

EFFECT ON INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH


AND YIELD OF BOTTLE GOURD (Lagenaria sciceraria L.)

Student : S. RAMESHKUMAR, [Link]., (Ag.)


Chairman : Dr. R. SURESHKUMAR
Lecturer (SS),
Department of Horticulture,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Annamalai University,
Annamalai Nagar – 608
002
2010

An experiment on the “Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth

and yield of bottle gourd (Lageneria sciceraria L.)” was carried out in the

vegetable unit, Department of Horticulture, Annamalai University, Annamalai

nagar during 2008-2010.

The experiment was conducted with 13 treatment combinations by using

different organic nutrients viz., Farmyard manure, poultry manure and coir pith

compost (soil application) whereas, vermiwash, panchakavya and humic acid were

applied in 3 foliar application at a fortnight intervals. Various biometric

observation on plant growth attributes viz., vine length, number of branches per

plant, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, leaf area index and dry matter
production and physiological attributes viz., chlorophyll content and

photosynthetic rate, flowering attributes viz., days taken for first male flower and

female flower emergence, total number of male and female flowers per plant and

fruit set percentage and yield attributes viz., number of fruits per vine, length of

fruit and fruit yield were recorded. All the treatments significantly influenced the

growth, physiological, flowering and yield attributes. The results revealed that the

treatment combination of farmyard manure @ 25 t ha-1 combined with

recommended dose of inorganic fertilizers and vermiwash (1:5 dilution) (T4) was

found to be superior with higher fruit yield of 31.64 t ha-1 which was followed with

poultry manure @ 10 t ha-1 with combined with recommended dose of inorganic

fertilizers and vermiwash (1:5 dilution) as foliar spray with the yield of 29.61 t ha-1.

Compared to all other treatments, T4 gained importance due to reduction in

production costs. It also improves soil physical and chemical properties. Hence,

this can be recommended for the cultivation of bottle gourd under the integrated

nutrient management syatem.

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