Record ID No. |
1163 |
Author(s) |
Ranjan Tarai., Ghosh S.N. , 2006 |
Affiliation |
Department of Fruits and Orchard Management, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalya, Mohanpur - 741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India. |
Title |
Integrated nutrient management in sweet orange cv. Mosambi (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) grown under rainfed laterite soil |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Orissa Journal of Horticulture. 34(1): 72-75p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Nutrition |
Host |
Citrus(C. sinensis, C. jambhiri) |
Organism |
AMF |
Country |
India, Asia |
Abstracts |
An investigation was conducted during 2002-04, in West Bengal, India, to standardize the nutrient requirement of sweet orange cv. Mosambi through integrated use of organic manure, inorganic fertilizer and biofertilizer for sustainable production. Treatments included N400P150K300 g/plant, N200P75K150 g/plant/year with or without neem cake, and vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM). The treatments were given to 6-year-old sweet orange cv. Mosambi plants budded on rough lemon. Two years of investigation revealed that different growth parameters, i.e. height, basal leaf and plant spread, varied in different treatments and not followed a regular sequence. Fruit production was highest in the plants which were treated with N200P75K150 + 2 kg of neem cake per plant which was associated with foliar N, P, K content of 2.30, 0.12 and 130%, respectively. Superior quality fruits (total soluble solids, total sugar and vitamin C) were also obtained from the same plants, i.e. those that received N200P75K150g + 2 kg of neem cake per plant. VAM application gave no significant result either in production or in quality improvement.. |