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Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) belongs to
family Solanaceae, is an annual vegetable crop grown
throughout the world and ranks second in importance
after potato. The tomato is believed to have been originated
in central Africa and south America (Vavilov, 1951). In India it
is an introduced crop and in being grown on an area of 571.700
hectare with annual production of 10260.6000 metric tonnes
(Anonymous, 2008). In Jammu and Kashmir states, tomato is
grown on an area of 1.700 ha with an annual production of
37000 metric tonnes (Anonymous, 2008). With the introduction
of hybrids the demand for nutrients has significantly increased
because of their tremendous yield potential as compared to
traditional varieties thus, for harvesting higher yield in hybrids
adequate nutrient supply is a pre-requisite, which can be met
both from organic as well as inorganic sources. It has been
observed that neither the chemical sources of nutrients nor
the organic sources are able to sustain the soil productivity.
Present investigation was undertaken under Kashmir
conditions, to assess the beneficial effects of organic and
inorganic sources of plant nutrients both as sole applications
as well as in conjugation on Shalimar tomato hybrid-1.
Members of the Research Forum
Associated Authors:1Division of Vegetable Science,
Sher-e-Kashmir, University of
Agricultural Sciences and
Technology (K), Shalimar,
SRINAGAR (J&K) INDIA
HIND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE
RESEARCH METHODS
The experiment was carried out in a Randomized
Completely Block Design (RCBD) during Kharif 2009 and 2010
at Experimental Farm of Division of Vegetable Science,
SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir. The test crop was
tomato (Shalimar tomato hybrid-1), the treatments were T1
(RFD) (N = 190 kg ha-1, P2O
5 = 150 kg ha-1, K
2O = 110 kg ha-1),
T2 = (FYM = 38 t ha-1), T
3 (SM = 32 t ha-1), T
4 (PM = 7 t ha-1), T
5
(VC = 14 t ha-1), T6 (biofertilizers @ 2.5 kg ha-1), T
7 (FYM 50 %
+ RFD 50 %), T8 (SM 50 % + RFD 50 %), T
9 (PM 50 % + RFD 50
%), T10
(VC 50 % + RFD 50%), T11
(biofertilizer @ 2.5 kg soil
inoculation + RFD 50%) and T12
(control). The growth and
yield parameters were estimated in field conditions and
according to the results, the different treatments showed
variation in growth and yield parameters. Five plants were
selected randomly from each unit plot. The data obtained were
statistically analysed and LSD were calculated.
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
The results obtained from the present investigation as
well as relevant discussion have been summarised under
Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and
yield attributes of tomato
M. MUDASIR MAGRAY, M.A. CHATTOO1, S. FAHEEMA1, K.P. WANI1 AND
F.A. PARRY1
Article history :
Received : 27.04.2012
Revised : 12.09.2012
Accepted : 13.10.2012
Author for correspondence :
M. MUDASIR MAGRAY
Division of Vegetable Science, Sher-
e-Kashmir, University of
Agricultural Sciences and
Technology (K), Shalimar,
SRINAGAR (J&K) INDIA
ABSTRACT : An experiment was carried at the experimental field of Division of Vegetable Science,
SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir during Kharif seasons of 2009 and 2010, to study the influence
of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and yield attributes of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum
Mill). In the light of experimental results it was concluded that, among different treatment combinations
of inorganic and organic sources of plant nutrients treatment combination T9 (3.5 t PM + 95 N: 75 P
2O
5
: 55 K2O kg ha-1) recorded significantly higher values of growth and yield attributing characters, besides
improvement in soil characteristics.
KEY WORDS : Organic manure, Yield, Tomato, Growth
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE : Mudasir Magray, M., Chattoo, M.A., Faheema, S., Wani, K.P. and Parry, F.A.
(2012). Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth and yield attributes of tomato, Asian J.
Hort., 7(2) : 337-339.
THE ASIAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE
Research Paper
Volume 7 | Issue 2 | December, 2012 | 337-339
Hind Agricultural Research and Training InstituteAsian J. Hort., 7(2) Dec., 2012 : 338
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following heads:
Growth parameters:
Influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on growth
related attributes of tomato. Pooled data presented in Table 1
revealed that maximum value for plant height (130.06 cm) and
number of branches plant-1 (11.46), was observed in treatment
T9 (3.5 t PM + 95 N : 75 P
2O
5 : 55 K
2O kg ha-1). Among sole
application of organics, treatment T4 (PM = 7 t ha-1) recorded
higher values for plant height (96.50 cm) and number of
branches plant-1 (8.49) followed by T5.
These results are in confirmity with those of Jose et al.
(1988) in brinjal, Harikrishna et al. (2003) in tomato, Magray
(2003) in capsicum.
Yield attributes:
The pooled data presented in Table 2 revealed that
significantly higher values for number of fruits plant-1 (62.31),
fruit diameter (5.25 cm), average fruit weight (59.75 g) and fruit
yield ha-1 (533.41 q) was observed in treatment T9 (3.5 t PM +
95 N: 75 P2O
5 : 55 K
2O kg ha-1) followed by T
10.
Among sole application of organic sources, T4 (PM = 7
t ha-1) recorded higher values (47.13, 4.59 cm, 53.86 g, 388.05
q) for number of fruits plant-1, fruit diameter, average fruit
weight, fruit yield ha-1, respectively.
Integration of different organic sources and inorganic
sources of plant nutrients exhibited an increase in yield and
yield related attributes of tomato. This is possibly due to
balanced C:N ratio, more decomposition, more mineralization,
more availability of native and applied macro and micro-
nutrients. All these might have accelerated the synthesis of
carbohydrates and its better translocation from sink to source
might have led to an improvement in yield and yield related
attributes.
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