Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Pavan S Deshmukh, Dr. Satish Moon, Dr. Ramakant Gajbhiye, Mohini Sirsat and Umesh Tagalpallewar

Abstract:
An experiment entitled “effect of zinc and iron on yield and quality of summer okra” was carried out during summer season of the year 2020-21 at the farm of Horticulture section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. The treatment comprised of the four zinc levels viz., 0% control i.e. (water spray), 0.25% ZnSO₄, 0.5% ZnSO₄, 0.75% ZnSO₄ and four iron levels 0% control i.e. water spray, 0.25% FeSO₄, 0.5% FeSO₄, 0.75% FeSO₄. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. The result obtained the present investigation indicated that, the fruit yield parameter in terms of maximum Number of fruit plant^-1 0.5% ZnSO₄ (51.47) as well as 0.5% FeSO₄ (43.88), fruit yield plant^-1, fruit yield plot^-1 (kg) and fruit yield hectare^-1 (T) were recorded in 0.5% ZnSO4 as well as 0.5% FeSO4. The quality parameters like weight of fruit (g), Vitamin C content of fruit (mg/100 g) was recorded maximum in 0.5% ZnSO4 as well as 0.5% FeSO₄.