Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Rakesh Jangid, MM Masu, P Bhattacharjee, BD Patel and Prem Kumar B

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out on “Effect of different sources of nitrogen on growth and yield attributes of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. Sindhan” at Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during Kharif-Rabi season of the year 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design repeated thrice with thirteen treatments. Among the different treatments soil application of 50% RDN from Urea + 25% RDN from Poultry manures + 10 ml Azotobacter per plant was recorded significantly maximum total soluble solids (25.19 ^°Brix), reducing sugar (18.83%), non-reducing sugar (6.20%), total sugar (24.98%) and ascorbic acid (21.05 mg/100 g pulp) and maximum incremental plant height (27.12 cm), incremental plant spread [N-S directions] (54.26 cm), incremental plant spread [E-W directions] (56.20 cm), fruit length (7.38 cm), fruit diameter (7.92 cm), fruit weight (199.54 g), fruit volume (168.65 cc), number of fruits per plant (132.67), fruit yield (22.38 kg/plant), total fruit yield (8.88 tones/ha), soil nutrients and soil microorganisms counts were recorded significantly with soil application of 50% RDN from Urea + 25% RDN from Vermicompost + 10 ml Azotobacter per plant.