Shankar Lal Sunda1*, R.K. Jakhar2, S.K. Kharia2, S.R. Yadav2, D.P.S. Dudi1, Akshika Bhawariya3 and Suresh Kumawat2
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
2, 3Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, SKRAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
3Departmentof Agronomy, College of Agriculture, SKRAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Email: shankarlalsunda5@gmail.com
Received-03.02.2023, Revised-13.02.2023, Accepted-25.02.2023
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during kharif season 2018 at research farm of Agricultural Research Station, SKRAU, Bikaner, to study the effect of wool waste and inorganic fertilizers on growth, yield attributes and yield of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in loamy sand soil. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with ten treatments and three replications. The treatments viz., T1– Control , T2– Recommended dose of fertilizer, T3 – wool waste@ 20 t ha-1, T4 – RDF +wool waste @ 20 t ha-1, T5 – RDF +wool waste @ 20 t ha-1 + 1 per cent FeSO4 , T6– RDF +wool waste @ 20 t ha-1+ 1 per cent FeSO4 + 0.5 per cent ZnSO4, T7– STCR recommendation fertilizer dose, T8– STCR recommendation + wool waste @ 20 t ha-1+ 1 per cent FeSO4, T9– STCR recommendation + wool waste @ 20 t ha-1+ 1 per cent FeSO4 and T10 -STCR recommendation + wool waste @ 20 t ha-1+ 1 per cent FeSO4+ 0.5 per cent ZnSO4. Application of wool waste and inorganic fertilizers had significant influence on growth parameters, yield attributes and yield of bottle gourd as compared to control. The results revealed that application of RDF + wool waste @ 20 t ha-1 + 1 per cent FeSO4 significantly improved the number of branches plant-1, number of fruit vine-1, weight of fruit, diameter of fruit and average length of fruit in comparison to control. Significantly higher vine length at 30, 60 and 90 DAS, days to appearance of first flower and yield were also observed with RDF + wool waste @ 20 t ha-1 + 1 per cent FeSO4.
Keywords: Bottle gourd, Wool waste, Fertilizers, Growth, Yield attributes
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