Vijay Kumar Suryawanshi, Satish K. Verma and Divya Yadu
Horticulture Farm, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) during Rabi 2010-11
Abstract: The experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi KrishVishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) during the rabi 2010-2011.The skin damaged tuber yield per hectare and skin damaged tuber number was found significant lowest in under T5-80 kg ha-1 FDG. Under the treatment combinations T4– 60 kg ha-1 FDG, T6– 100 kg ha-1 FDG, T11-50 kg ha-1 SDG and T10– 40 kg ha-1 split dose of gypsum at planting and earthing up performs better regards storage quality, yields attributes and vegetative parameters. In T5-80 kg ha-1 FDG given better response related to during storage at 30, 60, and 90 days after harvest found that lowest rotted tuber, tuber weight loss and skin damaged tuber number and weight.
The treatment combination 5 (T5-80 kg ha-1 FDG) and with recommended NPK @ 150:100:100 found remarkably superior to all the other treatment combinations as regards to all morphological traits, yields attributes and storage quality parameters.The results indicated that the highest gross return (Rs. 212000 ha-1), net return (Rs. 141671 ha-1) and benefit: cost ratio (Rs. 2.01) was obtained under T5-80 kg ha-1 FDG and with recommended NPK.
Keywords: Calcium Gypsum, Horticulture, Potato
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