Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
B Santhosha, D Lakshminarayana, P Prasanth, B Chandra Sheker and G Sathish

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2018-2019 at College of Horticulture –SKLTS Horticultural University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, to study on the effect of micronutrients and their schedule of spray on growth and economic of carrot (Daucus carota L.) cv. New Kuroda. The experiment was carried out with the 14 treatments consisting of seven levels of different combinations of nutrient concentrations with two levels of Schedule of spray in a Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with three replications. Among the treatments, Foliar application of T₆ (zinc, iron, magnesium each @ 0.5% + copper @ 0.2% + boron @ 0.5%) at 45 days after sowing recorded significantly maximum plant height (52.40 cm), number of leaves per plant (16.53), leaf length (38.07 cm), maximum fresh weight of leaves (49.07 g), highest gross return (Rs. 3,02,200), net return (Rs. 2,38,843) and best benefit cost ratio (3.77).