INFLUENCE OF VARIETIES AND FERTILITY LEVELS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF RADISH (Raphanus sativus L.) UNDER MALWA REGION OF MADHYA PRADESH

KRISHNKANT NARGAVE¹, R.K. SHARMA²*, S.S. KUSHWAH³, O.P. SINGH^4
1Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
²Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
³Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
⁴Department of Plant Physiology, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, 458001, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : rksharma3006@gmail.com

Received : 11-03-2018     Accepted : 14-03-2018     Published : 15-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 5       Pages : 5371 - 5374
Int J Agr Sci 10.5 (2018):5371-5374

Keywords : Radhsh, fertility levels, NPK, yield, fiber content, B:C ratio
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season, 2014-15 at Vegetable Research Field, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur (M.P.). The experiment comprised of three radish varieties (V1- Japanese White, V2 - Kashi Hans and V3- Kashi Sweata) and eight fertility levels (F1-0:50:50 NPK kgha-1, F2 - 0:80:50 NPK kgha-1, F3 - 60:50:50 NPK kgha-1, F4- 60:80:50 NPK kgha-1, F5 -80:50:50 NPK kgha-1, F6 -80:80:50 NPK kgha-1, F7 –100:50:50 NPK kgha-1, F8- 100:80:50 NPK kg-1). All together 24 treatment combinations were laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. Variety V3 (Kashi Sweata) exhibited maximum plant height (44.30 cm), number of leaves (9.38), leaf length (41.98 cm), fresh weight (150.61 g) and dry weight of shoot (17.88 g. Maximum root length (27.17 cm), root diameter (4.51 cm), root weight (228.45 g), root yield (580.58 q/ha), harvest index (81.08 %) and earliest days to harvest (41.67) were observed with variety V3 (Kashi Sweata). Under quality parameters highest fiber content (664.00 mg/100 g), T.S.S. (4.510Brix) and ascorbic acid (33.54 mg/100 g) in root were also found in case of variety V3 (Kashi Sweata). Among fertility levels, application of F8 (100-80-50 NPK kg-1) showed maximum growth, yield and quality parameters with all the three varieties of radish. The net income and B:C ratio i. e. 1:6.52 and 1:7.75 was found to be superior with variety V3 (Kashi Sweata) and fertility level F8 (100:80:50 NPK kgha-1). The interaction effect of varieties and fertility levels was non-significant with all the characters.

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