Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Suman Kumari, Ravindra Kumar, Ankur Kumar Rai, Saurav Kumar, Kumari Karuna, Roopendra Kumar, Karanjeev Kumar, Kumari Madhumala, Raushan Kumar and Suman Kumar

Abstract:
The experiment was undertaken at the All India Coordinated Research Project on Fruits, the Experimental Area of Bihar Agricultural University Sabour, Bhagalpur. For this experiment five treatments were taken i.e. T₁-[Control], T₂-[Water requirement at 25% of EP], T₃-[Water requirement at 50% of EP], T₄-[Water requirement at 75% of EP], T₅-[Water requirement at 100% of EP], with four replications in Randomized block design. The results revealed that the maximum marketability of 86.25 per cent, minimum Physiological loss in weight (PLW) of 0.06 per cent after eight days of harvesting, maximum fruit yield of 0.17 per m3 of canopy volume, and maximum yield percentage increase over control of 58.72 were recorded in treatment T4 and also T4 (Water requirement at 75% of EP) reduce 25 per cent of irrigation water requirement as compare to T₅ (Water requirement at 100% of EP). On the basis of above finding, it can be concluded that T₄ found best for increasing the fruit yield per m3 of canopy volume, maximise marketability per cent and also increase the shelf life of harvested fruits.