Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Ajendra Kumar, Arun Kumar Singh, Ranjeet Kumar and Ravishankar Singh

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on growth and yield of phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis D.C.) Fruits” was carried out at Main Experimental Station, Department of Fruit Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya (U.P) during year 2017-18 to evaluate the effect of foliar feeding of micronutrients on growth and yield attributes of phalsa and its economic feasibility. The experiment comprised of eight effective treatments of zinc shulphate 0.4% Borax 0.2% and Iron 0.4% as individual and in combination with three replication. The data recorded and analysed by using Randomised block design (R.B.D). Under the experiment the phalsa plants were studied for shoot length, number of shoots per plant, number of leaves per shoot, inter-nodal length, number of fruiting nodes, number of fruits per node, days to first picking of fruits, fruiting duration and fruit yield. The study showed significant findings in all parameters and concluded that treatment T₈ (0.4% zinc shulphate + 0.2% Borax + 0.4% Ferrous sulphate) resulted with maximum number of shoots per plant (56.33), shoot length (249.33 cm), number of leaves per shoot (86.00), inter-nodal length (6.77cm), number of fruiting nodes (11.93), number of fruits per node (8.85), days to first picking of fruits (40.67 days), duration of fruit picking (24 days)and fruit yield (53.07 q/ha or 3.54 kg/ha) of phalsa.