Record ID No. |
1295 |
Author(s) |
Jain, M. C., Sharma, M. K., Bhatnagar, P., Meena, M., Yadav, R. K. , 2012 |
Affiliation |
Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar (Rajasthan), India. email: jainmcchf@yahoo.co.in |
Title |
Effect of mycorrhiza and vermicompost on properties of vertisol soil and leaf NPK content of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Asian Journal of Horticulture, 7(2): 528-532p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Nutrition |
Host |
Citrus reticulata Blanco |
Organism |
Mycorrhiza |
Country |
India, Asia |
Abstracts |
A research experiment was conducted at Fruit Research Farm, 'Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalrapatan city, Jhalawar (Rajasthan) to study the effect of mycorrhiza and vermicompost on soil properties of vertisol and leaf NPK content of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). The results indicated that application of treatment M3V3 (mycorrhiza 30 g/plant+vermicompost 6 kg/plant) has given significantly superior results over control and other treatments with respect to increase in soil water holding capacity (87.04%), organic carbon (0.82%), nitrogen (382.93 kg ha-1), phosphorus (25.13 kg ha-1), potassium (392.44 kg ha-1) content and reduced electrical conductivity (0.81 dSm-1) of Nagpur mandarin orchard soil after 150 days of treatment application. Further application of mycorrhiza 30 g/plant+vermicompost 6 kg/plant treatment has also resulted significantly maximum leaf nitrogen (2.74%), phosphorus (0.219%) and potassium (2.75%) content of mandarin leaves as compared to control and their lower doses, after 150 days of treatment. However, soil pH and relative water content of leaves were not affected significantly by applications of any treatment, used in the study during the period of experimentation. |