Response of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.) to Integrated Nutrient Management
Menka Pathak *
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751003, India.
Sunil Kumar Dash
Vegetable Agronomist, AICRP on Vegetable Crop, Odisha University of Agriculture Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha -751003, India.
Gouri Shankar Sahu
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751003, India.
Pradyumna Tripathy
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751003, India.
Simanta Mohanty
ASRO, Seed Technology, AICRP on Seed (Crops), Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
Rabindra Kumar Nayak
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, AICRP on Micro and Secondary Nutrient, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
Antaryami Mishra
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751003, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2019 at, All India Co-ordinate Research Project, (AICRP), College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agricultural and Technology (OUAT).The experiment consisted of twelve treatments with three replications evaluated in randomized block design. Results of field experiment revealed that the minimum days to seed germination (7.00days), maximum vine length (49.8, 187.7, 285.95 cm at 30, 60, 75 DAS, number of branches (6.18, 7.43, 8.12) at 30, 60, 75 DAS, leaf length (22.87cm), leaf width ( 21.76cm), leaf weight (48.14g), stem diameter (2.77cm), number of nodes on main vine (42.12), node bearing 1st male flower (4.16), node bearing 1st female flower (6.87), fresh wt. of fruit (1231g), dry wt. of fruit (48.75g), no. of seeds fruit-1 (448), fruit yield (28.01 q ha-1) was recorded with treatment 50%RDF+ FYM @ 7.5t ha-1+VC @ 2.5 t ha-1+ biofertilizer Consortia (T12) and minimum under control (T1).
Keywords: Bottle gourd, nutrient, growth, flowering, yield, organic, inorganic, productivity