Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Elgiva Wanshnong, Kosgi Mounika, Kuruba Ajay Kumar and CS Maiti

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the horticultural field of Nagaland University to study the effect of different levels of potassium on growth and flowering of papaya var. Red Lady. The result of the investigation revealed that attributes viz., plant height, plant girth and the number of leaves increased as level of potassium increased, where maximum girth (185.2m), height (31.3cm) and number of leaves (21.7) were recorded in T₈ treated plants and maximum days taken for flowering was under T₀ (185) and lowest in T₈. Total number of flowers set and fruit set was recorded in T₅. It was also revealed that T₅ had a positive effect on fruit yield (26.13t/ha). Overall appearance like flower colour, fruit skin colour and pulp colour were not affected by any level of K application.