Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Susmita Dey, Soustav Datta, Mahabub Alam and Pallab Datta

Abstract:
A study was conducted in the Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal during the years 2019-2021 to investigate the ‘The effect of vermicomposting and different organic growing media on the morpho physiological characteristics of dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis L.) under indo-gangetic plains of West Bengal. The experiment was planned by adopting randomized block design (RBD) consisting of 7 treatments with three replications. The treatments were as follows- 2kg vermicompost/plant (T₁), 3kg farm yard manure/plant (T₂), 1kg mustard cake/plant (T₃),1kg vermicompost along with 1.5kg farm yard manure/plant (T₄), 1kg vermicompost along with 500 g mustard cake/plant (T₅), 1kg vermicompost along with 1.5kg farm yard manure/plant and 500g mustard cake/plant (T₆) and control (T₇). Maximum plant height (285 cm), number of branches (10) per plant, maximum number of bracts (25) per fruit, highest yield (14.5) per plant were obtained in red fleshed dragon fruit from the best treatment i.e., T₆ comprising of vermicompost@1 kg+ FYM @1.5 kg+ Mustard cake@ 500g.