Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Khushboo Tandon, HK Panigrahi, Prabhakar Singh, GL Sharma and Preeti Toppo

Abstract:
A study entitled “Response of inorganic fertilizers and bio-inoculants on flowering and fruiting behaviour of sapota [Manilkara acharas (Mill.) Fosberg] cv. Cricket Ball under climatic condition of Chhattisgarh Plains” was conducted at the experimental field of Horticulture Farm, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.). The experiment resulted that applying 100% RDF + Azospirillum + PSB + Azotobacter + VAM (T15) significantly increased flowering and fruiting parameters, including the maximum number of flowers produced per shoot (10.75), fruit set (%) (39.11%), number of fruits per shoot (4.21), final retention of fruits per shoot (%) (24.38%) and fruit drop (%) (75.62%). However, reduced number of days to 50% flowering (24.05 days) and days to fruit maturity (249.11 days) when compared to other treatments at all stages of observation. It is concluded that application of inorganic fertilizer with integration of bio-inoculants, markedly improved the flowering and fruiting of sapota cv. Cricket Ball.