2023•International Journal of Environment and Climate ChangeOpen access
Response of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.) to Integrated Nutrient Management
Menka Pathak, Sunil Kumar Dash, Gouri Shankar Sahu, P. Tripathy, Simanta Mohanty, R. K. Nayak, Antaryami Mishra
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Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2019 at, All India Co-ordinate Research Project, (AICRP), College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agricultural and Technology (OUAT).The experiment consisted of twelve treatments with three replications evaluated in randomized block design. Results of field experiment revealed that the minimum days to seed germination (7.00days), maximum vine length (49.8, 187.7, 285.95 cm at 30, 60, 75 DAS, number of branches (6.18, 7.43, 8.12) at 30, 60, 75 DAS, leaf length (22.87cm), leaf width ( 21.76cm), leaf weight (48.14g), stem diameter (2.77cm), number of nodes on main vine (42.12), node bearing 1st male flower (4.16), node bearing 1st female flower (6.87), fresh wt. of fruit (1231g), dry wt. of fruit (48.75g), no. of seeds fruit-1 (448), fruit yield (28.01 q ha-1) was recorded with treatment 50%RDF+ FYM @ 7.5t ha-1+VC @ 2.5 t ha-1+ biofertilizer Consortia (T12) and minimum under control (T1).
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