Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
NA Rathod, VK Patel, PC Makavana and Dixita Padhiyar

Abstract:
The study experiment was conducted on "A multimicronutrient’s impact on the fruit yield and quality of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. sindhan" at Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during kharif season at the year of 2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatment and replicated thrice with two plants in each replication of a treatment. Treatment Details are Control (T₁), 0.5% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) (T₂), 1% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) (T₃), 1.5% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) (T₄), 250 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V) (T₅), 400 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V) (T₆), 500 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V) (T₇), 0.5% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) + 250 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V) (T₈), 1% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) + 500 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V) (T₉). All the treatment was applied two times during the crop season at end of June and end of July. Among all the treatment, T₉ (1% spray of multimicronutrient (Grade-IV) + 500 g/tree soil application of multimicronutrient (Grade-V)) treatment recorded significantly maximum fruit weight, fruit volume, fruit diameter, number of fruits per plant, yield, pulp weight (93.96 g) and pulp: seed ratio. The same treatment also improve fruit quality attributes like total soluble solids, ascorbic acid, total sugar, reducing sugar and non-reducing sugar.