Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Avneesh Kumar Pandey, Hari Baksh, Rajaneesh Singh, Raj Pandey and Aman Srivastav

Abstract:
An experiment entitled "Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and economic yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cv. Kashi Aman." was carried out between September 2021 and March 2022 at the Experimental Unit, Department of Horticulture, Tilak Dhari Post Graduate College, Jaunpur. The seedlings were transplanted on October 20, 2021, with the spacing of 60 centimeters × 40 centimeters. The goal of the current study was to determine which source of nutrient produced the greatest growth and yield using a Randomized Block Design. The experiment was comprised of three replications and eleven treatments. At the time of harvest, T₂ (100% N.P.K.) produced superior results in terms of plant height (133.15 cm), number of branches plant^-1 (25.72), number of leaves plant^-1 (218.97), and leaf area plant^-1 (6.10 cm²), while T₆ (50% N.P.K. + VC + Azotobacter + PSB) produced the highest economic yield (6.53:1) and yield plant^-1 (1.203 kg), while T₁ (control) took the longest time to first flowering (49.72 days), the quickest rate of blooming (74.76 days), and the highest number of flower clusters per plant (10.05 flower clusters) were all found in T₆ (50% N.P.K. + VC + Azotobacter + PSB).