Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Masoom Mohanty, Manisha Kachari, Deepa Borbora Phookan and Nilay Borah

Abstract:
The zucchini or baby marrow (Cucurbita pepo) is a vining herbaceous plant belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. An experiment was conducted in split-plot design with three planting time and four fertilizer treatments during 2019-20 in the Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, AAU, Jorhat. The fertilizer treatment T3 (75: 80: 80: NPK Kg/ha) showed maximum result for parameters fiber (0.88%), ash (0.61%), protein (6.28%), fat (0.67%) and minimum result for moisture content (95.41%). However, β-carotene content (7.69 mg/100g) was found maximum in T0(Control). Among the planting time P1 (1st December) noticed significantly highest value in parameters such as fiber, ash and β-carotene content. However, moisture content was found maximum in P3(1st January). From these findings it can be concluded that treatment combination T3 P1 recorded best treatment in terms of fiber, ash, fat except for β-carotene which gave best result in T1P1 treatment combination.