ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
K. SWETHA1*, S. SARAVANAN2, V.M. PRASAD3
1Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : kswetha614@gmail.com
Received : 23-03-2018 Accepted : 11-04-2018 Published : 15-04-2018
Volume : 10 Issue : 7 Pages : 5734 - 5736
Int J Agr Sci 10.7 (2018):5734-5736
Keywords : Tomato, PKM-1, micronutrients, growth and yield
Academic Editor : Lalu Naik Banoth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed
- The present investigation entitled “Effect of micronutrients on plant growth, flowering and yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) c.v“PKM-1†was under taken at vegetable research field, Department of Horticulture, Allahabad School of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad during rabi season (2015-2016). The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design with 13 treatments and each replicated thrice. The treatments consist of different combinations of micronutrients i.e., zinc, boron, copper and iron. Among these thirteen treatments, treatment T12(ZnSO4 +B3HO3 +CuSO4 +FeSO4 @500ppm) was recorded the maximum plant height (134.50cm), minimum days to first flowering (27.30), maximum number of flower clusters per plant (9.3), maximum number of flowers per cluster (7.27), maximum number of fruits per cluster (6.09), maximum number of fruits per plant (36.93), maximum average fruit weight (41.57g), maximum fruit yield per plant (1462.2g), maximum fruit yield per plot (13.68kg) and maximum fruit yield per ha (33.62t) followed by treatment T11(ZnSO4 +B3HO3 +CuSO4 +FeSO4 @250ppm)
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